Achilles' Wrath and Return to Battle

From The Iliad by Homer
Grief-maddened by Patroclus' death, Achilles rejoins the war, terrifies the Trojans with his shout, and battles the river Scamander itself.
Book 18:202-231

Achilles, unarmed, shouts from the trench and routs the Trojans by his voice alone.

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Book 21:200-382

Achilles fights the river god Scamander, choked with Trojan corpses.

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