Day 13: The Old Man Makes His Plea Before the God

Lines 33-37
ὥς ἔφατ', ἔδεισεν δ' ὁ γέρων καὶ ἐπείθετο μύθῳ.
βῆ δ' ἀκέων παρὰ θῖνα πολυφλοίσβοιο θαλάσσης.
πολλὰ δ' ἔπειτ ἀπάνενθε κιών ἠπᾶθ' ὁ γεραιὸς
Ἀπόλλωνι ἄνακτι, τόν ἠύκομος τέκε Λητώ.
"κλῦθι μευ, ἀργυρότοξ', ὃς χρύσην ἀμφιβέβηκας

Thus he spoke, and that old man was struck with fear and persuaded by his word.
And he went in silence, along the shore of the heavy thundering sea.
And going off then, the old one prayed much to
The Lord Apollo, whom fair haired Leto bore.
"Hear me O Lord with the silver bow, who shields Chrysa

Day 4: Achilles, Agamemnon, and the son of Leto and Zeus

Lines 6-10

ἐξ οὗ δὴ τὰ πρῶτα διαστήτην ἐρίσαντε
Ἀτρείδης τε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν καὶ δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς
τίς τ'ἄρ σφωε θεῶν ἔριδι ξυνέηκε μάχεσθαι;
Λητοῦς καὶ Διὸς υἱός. ὁ γὰρ βασιλῆι χολωθεὶς
νοῦσον ἀνὰ στρατὸν ὦρσε κακήν, ὀλέκοντο δὲ λαοί,

From the time when the two first stood apart and quarelled
The son of Atreus and lord of men, and divine Achilles.
Which then of the gods brought these two to battle and strife?
Zeus' and Leto's son. For being enraged by the king
he incited an evil plague in the camp, the armies perishing