In the first Canto of Homer’s Iliad Agamemnon declined to free the daughter of Chryses who afterwards…
Apollo answers Chryses’ prayer by shooting his arrows against the Achaeans. The resulting plague punishes Agamemnon’s refusal to release the priest’s daughter.
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In the first Canto of Homer’s Iliad Agamemnon declined to free the daughter of Chryses who afterwards invoked the god for revenge. Who is the god and does he fulfil Chryses’ prayer?
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Apollo answers Chryses’ prayer by shooting his arrows against the Achaeans. The resulting plague punishes Agamemnon’s refusal to release the priest’s daughter.
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West Bengal SET (WB SET)