HUMA 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-19: Helenus, Antilochus, Rein
8 Dec 2015
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Achilles is the greatest greek hero to fight in the trojan war. The story begins 9 years after the war has started as the achaeans (greeks) sack a trojan town and capture two girls: chryseis and briseis. Agamemnon, the leader of the expedition to troy takes chryseis as his prize. Chryseis"s father, a man named chryses who serves as a priest of the god apollo, begs. Agamemnon to return his daughter and offers to pay an enormous ransom. Agamemnon refuses, chryses prays to apollo for help. Apollo sends a plague upon the greek camp, causing the death of many soldiers. After ten days of suffering, achilles calls an assembly of the achaean army and asks for a soothsayer to reveal the cause of the plague. Calchas, a powerful seer, stands up and offers his services. Agamemnon, calchas reveals the plague as a vengeful and strategic move by chryses and.
