Book 1:101-244
Achilles calls Agamemnon 'shameless, armored in greed' and swears by the scepter to withdraw.
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From The Iliad by Homer
The opening conflict in which Agamemnon seizes Briseis from Achilles, prompting Achilles to withdraw from battle and sparking the poem's central crisis.
Book 1:348-427
Achilles weeps by the sea and prays to his mother Thetis to win him honor through Trojan victory.
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