The Story of Troy

o her father, Apollo stopped the plague; but the wrong done to Achilles provoked the anger of another deity. This

terly wept, and with outstretched hands prayed to his mother, Thetis. The goddess heard his voice, and ascending from the depths of the ocean, where she dwelt in the palace of her a

done for Jupiter long before, when Juno, Neptune, and Minerva had made a plot to bind him, and cast him from the throne of heaven. They might have succeeded in doing this if Thetis had not called Bri?a-reus up

beg him to aid the Trojans and give them victory in battle, so th

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lympus. There she threw herself at the feet of Jupiter, as he sat on the summit of the mount apart from the other gods, and earnest

ess to blame than Agamemnon, for they did not try to prevent him from doing the wrong. If they had opposed him very much, he would not perhaps have dared to insult their

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hs of the sea, while Jupiter went to his golden palace where the other gods were sitting around the banqueting table. As he entered all rose up to do him honor, and met

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othing. Even though I have done what you say, such is my sovereign pleasure

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urse and almost destroyed them. That she might do this without Jupiter knowing it, she contrived to cast him into a deep sleep. When he awoke and found out what she had done, he was so angry that he hung her from the heavens by a golden chain, and tied two heavy iron anvils to her feet. Vulcan tried to lo

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Thetis. After much thought he resolved to send a message to Agamemnon by means of a dream, telling him to lead his forces at once against Troy, as it was the will of the gods that the city should now fall into the hands of the

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er the troops, after their toils of nine years, were still willing to support him in carrying on the war. With this object he resolved to try the plan of pretending to them that he had made up his mind to stop the siege and return at once to Greece. But he directed the chiefs to advise their followers not to consent to the prop

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Agamemnon then addressed them, leaning on his scepter. He told them he now believed that Troy could not be

beloved children sit within their dwellings expecting us." The proposal was received with a loud shout of joy, and the mom

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va down with a message to Ulysses. The azure-eyed goddess, as Minerva is often called by Homer, hastened to the Grecian camp, and approached the Ithacan king, who was standing near hi

he glory of victory, and to the Trojans possession of Helen, on whose ac

g the ships and talked to the leaders, reminding them that it was not Agamemnon's wish that th

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their leaders, who knew better than they when and how to act. His efforts were successful. As speedily as they

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cite the others to rebellion. This was Ther-si?tes, a vu

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is shrill voice in words of insult against Agamemnon. "Your tents," cried he to the king, "are full of money and prizes bestowed upon you by us. Do you want still more gold, which we by our valor must

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se at hand, turned with angry looks upon the offender and rebuked him in stern language. Then with his scepter he smo

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auded the act of the Ithacan chief. "Surely," said they, "Ulysses has performed many good deeds,

told the story of the serpent devouring the birds at Aulis, as already related. Many of the Greeks had forgotten the marvelous occurrence, and the prediction of Calchas that in the tenth year of the siege Troy would be taken. Being now reminded of it, they were filled with fresh hope and courage, for the tenth

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p a fat ox five years old. Homer fully describes how this was done. First the king and his chiefs stood around the ox, holding pounded barley cakes in their upraised hands, and praying to Jupiter to grant them victory i

, there was a review of the whole army. The azure-eyed Minerva moved amongst them, bearing in her hand the ?gis, or shield of Jupiter, from which hung a hundred golden fringes, each "w

In it he tells the names of all the Greek kings and princes and chiefs, the Grecian states from which they came, and the number of shi

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walls they had observed the movements of the Greeks, and, moreover, Jupiter had sent down his swift-footed messenger, I?ris, to bid them get ready for battle. The goddess

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uncil, he and the other chiefs at once placed themselves at the head