(Homer - The Iliad, as translated by Robert Fagles)
μηνιν αειδε, θεα, Πηληιαδεω Αχιληος
ουλομενην, η μυρι Αχαιοις αλγε εθηκε,
πολλας δ' ιφθιμοθς ψυχασ Αιδι προιαψεν
ηρωων αυτους δε ελωρια τευχε κυνεσσιν
οιωνοισι τε πασι, Διος δ' ετελειετο βουλη.
εξ ου δη τα πρωτα διαστητεν ερισαντε
Ατρεδης τε αναξ ανδρων δαι διος Αχιλλευς.
(Rage - Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles,
murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses,
hurtling down to the House of Death so many sturdy souls,
great fighters' souls, but made their bodies carrion,
feast for the dogs and birds,
and the will of Zeus was moving towards its end.
Begin, Muse, when the two first broke and clashed,
Agamemnon lord of men and brilliant Achilles.)
