infinity

〔гостевая〕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.

could have been me

〔акции〕«sons of аtreus,» he cried, «and all other аchaeans, may the gods, who dwell in olympus grant you to sack the city of priam, and to reach, your homes in safety; but free my daughter, and accept a ransom for her, in reverence to apollo, son of jove.» on this the rest of the achaeans with one voice were for respecting, the priest and taking the ransom that he offered.

fury

〔шаблон анкеты〕the old man feared him and obeyed. not a word he spoke, but went by the shore of the sounding sea and prayed apart to king apollo whom lovely leto had borne. «hear me,» he cried, o god of the silver bow, that protectest chryse and holy cilla and rulest tenedos with thy might, hear me oh thou of sminthe.

the rush

〔личные эпизоды〕as he spoke he wept aloud, and his mother heard him where she was sitting in the depths of the sea hard by the old man her father. forthwith she rose as it were a grey mist out of the waves, sat down before him as he stood weeping, caressed him with her hand, and said, «my son, why are you weeping? what is it that grieves you? keep it not from me, but tell me, that we may know it together.»

campus

〔реклама〕«juno,» replied the sire of gods and men, «you must not expect to be informed of all my counsels. you are my wife, but you would find it hard to understand them. when it is proper for you to hear, there is no one.»

could have been me

〔партнёрство〕thus masterfully did he go about among the host, and the people hurried back to the council from their tents and ships with a sound as the thunder of surf when it comes crashing down upon the shore, and all the sea is in an uproar.