Proem to Homer's Iliad

   Sing wrath, Goddess, the wrath of Achilles the son of Peleus,

ravaging, which put thousands of agonies onto Achaians,

which hurled numberless masses of valiant souls down to Hades,

souls of the pitiful heroes it made into spoils for dogs and

carcasses left to the birds. And the counsel of Zeus was accomplished

from that time when first both faced one another in contest

Lord of the men Agamemnon, Atreides, and god-like Achilles