Teacher Guide: The Iliad by Homer
Originally published in Ready Readers: Epics, Vol. 1.
Plot Summary: Greek warrior and demi-god Achilleus responds wrathfully when King Agamemnon greedily repossesses the woman Briseis, first gifted to Achilles by Agamemnon as a war trophy; withdrawing from the heat of battle with the Trojans, Achilles sulks by his own black ships, mourning for Briseis and subjecting his people to the painful effects of his bitterness.
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