Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-08-29

into Thebe, a sacred city of Ecticn,
and we both sacked it and led away
hither all the spoils. And these
the sons OF the Achaeans divided
h~oncrably among themselves, select
ing FOR the son of Aureus the beauti- I,
ful-cheeked daughter of Chryses.
But after wards, Chryses, priest of
the F~ar-darter Apollo, came to the
swift ships of the bronze-mailed
Achaeans, both TO ransom his
daughter and bringing a ransom of
untold value, having in his hand
the golden sceptrc, the wreath of
the Far-darter, Apollo, and he en-
treated all the Achaeans, and espec-
tally the two sons of Atreus, COM
manders of the people. Then all
the other Achaeans ii. e., COM
manders) testified by a shout their
assent both to reverence the priest
and to accept his splendid ransom;
yet It'll. e., to reverence and ac-
cept) did not please Agememnon,
the son of Atreus in his mind, but
he dismissed him rudely, and add
ed . stern command. The elder,
filled with rage, went back, and
Apollo heard him, since he is very
dear to him, and sent a missile
among the Arigves. And now they,
the people, died in rapid succession,
and this, the weapons of the god
went every where throughout the
broad camp OF the Achaesns. Then
the well-skiIled seer declared for us
the will of the Far-shooter. forth
with urged that we appease the god
and then Suddenly anger seized the
son of Aureus, and quickly rising to
his feet he threatend a threat,
which very thing has certainly
been carried into execution. For the
quick-eyed Achaeans are even now
Chryses, and they are actually bring
ing gifts to the king; and recently /
hearlds led away the maiden Bril-
seis, whom the sons of the Achae-
ans gave to me. But do thou, if at
least thou art able, come to the as
sistance of thy brave son. Go thou
to Olympus and entreat Zeus, if ev-
er thou at all didst please by word or
even by deed the heart of Zeus. For
often l have heard thee boasting in
my fathers palace, when thou didst
affirm that thou alone among inn
mortals didst turn away shameful
disaster from the cloud wrapt son of
Kronos, when other OlyInpians,
Hera and Posiedon and Pallas
Athene desired to fetter him. But
when thou, o goddess, didst go to
him, thou didst let him free from
plots Tit. bonds), having quickly
summoned the hundred armed to
the lofty Olympus, whom the gods
call Briareos, but all men Aegeon.
For he on his part is superior in
might TO his father. This one then
sat down near the son of Kronos,
rejoicing in fullncss of Him, ever
the blessed gods feared, and they
did: not bind him. Having recalled
these things to mind, do thou now
sit near to him and sieze him by
the knees Ito see) if by any means he
may be willing to succor the Troj-
ans; and as to these, the Achaeans
who are given up to slaughter, do
thou shut them in both by the
sterns and by the sea in order that
all may enjoy their king and also
hat the son of Aureus, the wide
r,,5Ino AoenAmpop nov Lpo b;e
folly when he did not at all honor
the bravest of the Achaeans."
And then Thetis, weeping, ans
wcred him:
'.Ah me, my child, why now did
| bring thee up, seeing hat /
brought thee forth to bad luck?
Would that thou hadst sat near the
ships fearless and unframed (full
of joy and happiness), since now
thy term of life is very brief-cer-
tainly not at all long. But now
thou art at once short-lived and
.miscr able above all men. Therefore
l have brought thee forth under an
evil destiny in the palace. But in
order to speak this word to Zcus,
delighting in thunder, l myself
shall go to the snowy Olympus, Ito
see) if perchancc he may be persuad-
ed. But do thou, sitting near the
swift ships, thy anger against the
Achaeans, at the same time cease
altogether from war. For Zeus
went yesterday to Oceanus to at
tend a feast among the Aethiopians
and all the gods went along with
him; but he certainly will come
again on the twelfth day to Olym-
pus, and then without delay shall /
go to the brazen palace of Zeus and