... The Iliad by Homer trans. by Samuel Butler is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Porta... ...n elec tronic transmission, in any way. The Iliad by Homer trans. by Samuel Butler , the Pennsylvania State University , Jim Ma nis, Faculty Editor,... ...s an equal opportunity University . The Iliad By Homer Translated by Samuel Butler BOOK I SING, O GODDESS, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that... ...Atreus,” he cried, “and all other Achæans, may the gods who dwell in Olympus grant you to sack the city of Priam, and to reach your homes in safety; b... ...r temple with garlands, or burned your thigh bones in fat of bulls or goats, grant my prayer, and let your arrows avenge these my tears upon the Danaa... ...e been made already. Give this girl, therefore, to the god, and if ever Jove grants us to sack the city of T roy we will requite you three and fourfol... ...change to my liking, or I will come and take your own, or that of Ajax or of Ulysses; and he to whomsoever I may come shall rue my coming. But of this... ... He escorted Chryseis on board and sent moreover a hecatomb for the god. And Ulysses went as captain. These, then, went on board and sailed their ways... ...im, still furious at the loss of her that had been taken from him. Meanwhile Ulysses reached Chryse with the hecatomb. When they had come inside the h...