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1、THEILIADbyHomertranslatedbySamuelButlerBOOKISing,Ogoddess,theangerofAchillessonofPeleus,thatbroughtcountlessillsupontheAchaeans.ManyabravesouldiditsendhurryingdowntoHades,andmanyaherodidityieldapreytodogsandvultures,forsowerethecounselsofJovefulfilledfromthedayonwhichthe
2、sonofAtreus,kingofmen,andgreatAchilles,firstfelloutwithoneanother.Andwhichofthegodswasitthatsetthemontoquarrel?ItwasthesonofJoveandLeto;forhewasangrywiththekingandsentapestilenceuponthehosttoplaguethepeople,becausethesonofAtreushaddishonouredChryseshispriest.NowChrysesha
3、dcometotheshipsoftheAchaeanstofreehisdaughter,andhadbroughtwithhimagreatransom:moreoverheboreinhishandthesceptreofApollowreathedwithasuppliant'swreathandhebesoughttheAchaeans,butmostofallthetwosonsofAtreus,whoweretheirchiefs."SonsofAtreus,"hecried,"andallotherAchaeans,ma
4、ythegodswhodwellinOlympusgrantyoutosackthecityofPriam,andtoreachyourhomesinsafety;butfreemydaughter,andacceptaransomforher,inreverencetoApollo,sonofJove."OnthistherestoftheAchaeanswithonevoicewereforrespectingthepriestandtakingtheransomthatheoffered;butnotsoAgamemnon,who
5、spokefiercelytohimandsenthimroughlyaway."Oldman,"saidhe,"letmenotfindyoutarryingaboutourships,noryetcominghereafter.Yoursceptreofthegodandyourwreathshallprofityounothing.Iwillnotfreeher.SheshallgrowoldinmyhouseatArgosfarfromherownhome,busyingherselfwithherloomandvisiting
6、mycouch;sogo,anddonotprovokemeoritshallbetheworseforyou."Theoldmanfearedhimandobeyed.Notawordhespoke,butwentbytheshoreofthesoundingseaandprayedaparttoKingApollowhomlovelyLetohadborne."Hearme,"hecried,"Ogodofthesilverbow,thatprotectestChryseandholyCillaandrulestTenedoswit
7、hthymight,hearmeohthouofSminthe.IfIhaveeverdeckedyourtemplewithgarlands,orburnedyourthigh-bonesinfatofbullsorgoats,grantmyprayer,andletyourarrowsavengethesemytearsupontheDanaans."Thusdidhepray,andApolloheardhisprayer.HecamedownfuriousfromthesummitsofOlympus,withhisbowand
8、hisquiveruponhisshoulder,andthearrowsrattledonhisbackwiththeragethattrembledwithinhim.Hesathimselfdowna