“Sing, Goddess, of the rage of Peleus’ son Achilles,” is the opening line of the Iliad, the poem that describes a few weeks of the 10-year Trojan War, mainly the many feats of Achilles. Rage - Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles August 14, 2015 11:11 AM Subscribe Daylong live reading of Homer's Iliad with more than 60 artists, presented by The British Museum and Almeida Theatre. Rage - Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses, hurling down to the House of Death so many sturdy souls, great fighters' souls, but made their bodies carrion, feasts for the dogs and birds, and the will of Zeus was moving, toward its end. What else worsens his rage? T he most infamous poem from antiquity about the most infamous war in our collective memory opens with the words “Rage—Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus’ son Achilles.” In the late 1800’s, most educated people believed the Trojan War—the very event at the heart of Homer’s epic—was a myth. “Rage—Goddess—sing the rage of Peleus’ son Achilles.” Perhaps only the opening lines of Genesis are more famous than those eternal words from the poet of The Iliad . ... "Rage--Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles / murderous, doomed..." (1.1-2). "~ Homer - The Iliad "Rage--Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles...and the will of Zeus moveing toward its end." The Achilles of The Iliad , as those who have read the poetic song know, is a rather crass, impersonal, and very dislikable character from start to finish. 1) The Muse is invoked. "Rage-Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles. Part of both the mythology of art and the humility pose of poets is the insistence that the creative powers come from somewhere beyond the artist. Why is Achilles angry? Homer "But fetch me another prize, and straight off too, else I alone of the Argives go without my honor. Rage--Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses, hurling down to the House of Death so many sturdy souls, great fighters souls, but made their bodies carrion, feasts for the dogs and birds, and the will of Zeus was moving toward its end. The rage sing, O goddess, of Achilles the son of Peleus, the destructive anger that brought ten-thousand pains to the Alexander, Caroline: born 1956, American classicist Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Jove fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another. "Rage—Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses, hurling down to the House of Death so many sturdy souls, great fighters' souls, but made their bodies carrion, feasts for the dogs and birds, and the will of Zeus was moving toward its end.