Sentence:  So Akhilleus calls an assembly — any oddness in his doing so at this juncture is mitigated by Thetis' instructions (34–6) — and much of the Book is occupied with the speeches of reconciliation and the handing over of <WSD>Briseis</WSD> and Agamemnon's gifts. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A legendary figure who features in the "Iliad"; a princess granted as concubine to Achilles after the sacking of her city, Lyrnessus, before the beginning of the story.