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1、TheIliadByHomerTranslatedbySamuelButler----------------------------------------------------------------------BOOKISing,Ogoddess,theangerofAchillessonofPeleus,thatbroughtcountlessillsupontheAchaeans.ManyabravesouldiditsendhurryingdowntoHades,andmanyaher
2、odidityieldapreytodogsandvultures,forsowerethecounselsofJovefulfilledfromthedayonwhichthesonofAtreus,kingofmen,andgreatAchilles,firstfelloutwithoneanother.Andwhichofthegodswasitthatsetthemontoquarrel?ItwasthesonofJoveandLeto;forhewasangrywiththekingand
3、sentapestilenceuponthehosttoplaguethepeople,becausethesonofAtreushaddishonouredChryseshispriest.NowChryseshadcometotheshipsoftheAchaeanstofreehisdaughter,andhadbroughtwithhimagreatransom:moreoverheboreinhishandthesceptreofApollowreathedwithasuppliant's
4、wreathandhebesoughttheAchaeans,butmostofallthetwosonsofAtreus,whoweretheirchiefs."SonsofAtreus,"hecried,"andallotherAchaeans,maythegodswhodwellinOlympusgrantyoutosackthecityofPriam,andtoreachyourhomesinsafety;butfreemydaughter,andacceptaransomforher,in
5、reverencetoApollo,sonofJove."OnthistherestoftheAchaeanswithonevoicewereforrespectingthepriestandtakingtheransomthatheoffered;butnotsoAgamemnon,whospokefiercelytohimandsenthimroughlyaway."Oldman,"saidhe,"letmenotfindyoutarryingaboutourships,noryetcoming
6、hereafter.Yoursceptreofthegodandyourwreathshallprofityounothing.Iwillnotfreeher.SheshallgrowoldinmyhouseatArgosfarfromherownhome,busyingherselfwithherloomandvisitingmycouch;sogo,anddonotprovokemeoritshallbetheworseforyou."Theoldmanfearedhimandobeyed.No
7、tawordhespoke,butwentbytheshoreofthesoundingseaandprayedaparttoKingApollowhomlovelyLetohadborne."Hearme,"hecried,"Ogodofthesilverbow,thatprotectestChryseandholyCillaandrulestTenedoswiththymight,hearmeohthouofSminthe.IfIhaveeverdeckedyourtemplewithgarla
8、nds,orburnedyourthigh-bonesinfatofbullsorgoats,grantmyprayer,andletyourarrowsavengethesemytearsupontheDanaans."Thusdidhepray,andApolloheardhisprayer.HecamedownfuriousfromthesummitsofOlympus,withhisbowandhisquiveruponhisshoulder,andthear
