-Proem: The opening states of Achilles' Rage
-Achilles is immortal except for his heel (dunked into the river Styx.)
-Invocation of the muse (9)
-In media res: in the middle of things.
-Mentions the will of Zeus
-Achilles' is fighting with Agamemnon
-A plague has fallen upon the Greeks/Achaeans/Argives
*Apollo caused the plague because Agamemnon took Chrysies (Chryses' daughter).
-Calchus (seer, prophet)
*told Agamemnon how to appease Apollo, to take back Chrysies.
-Agamemnon prefers Chrysies to his own wife
*Will give her back if he gets a "prize" in return (Breseis)
-Achilles threatens to kill Agamemnon
*Athena intervenes to stop him (from Hera)
-Achilles allows the carries take Breseis
*Agamemnon will suffer later, I will not help
-Patroculus: Achilles friend
-Thetis + Achilles
*Calls upon his mother for help
*asks her to go to Zeus
*Thetis reminds Zeus that he owes her a favor.
* To send bad fortune to Greeks
*Gods are gone for 12 days
*Its sad because Achilles is going to die young, and he is so angry. (Thetis)
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