[1] Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus’ son Achilleus [2] and its devastation, which put pains thousandfold upon the Achaians, [3] hurled in their multitudes to the house of Hades strong souls [4] of heroes, but gave their bodies to be the delicate feasting [5] of dogs, of all birds, and the will of Zeus was accomplished [6] since that time when first there stood in division of conflict [7] Atreus’ son the lord of men and brilliant Achilleus. [8] What god was it then set them together