History & The Arts
Introducing Homer's Iliad
...become the prey of dogs and all kinds of birds; and the plan of Zeus was fulfilled. Sing from the time the two men were first divided in strife— Atreus’ son, lord of men, and glorious Achilles. Glossary Achaeans: one of the words used by Homer to describe the Greeks. Hades: the Underworld; also used of the god of the Underworld. Atreus’ son: Agamemnon, leader of the...