Rage! (Iliad I)
Table of Contents
Recap and Status 1. "Epic Hotness Countdown" 2. "To the Victor Go the Spoils" 3. "The Concubine and the Prince" 4. "Don't Smite the Messenger" 5. "Patron of the Mice" 6. "In the Beard of Agamemnon" 7. "The Routine" 8. "Men Are Such Fools" 9. "Achaeans, Assemble!" 10. "Agamemnon Himself" 11. "Something Happened" 12. "Alternate Plans" 13. "Errand-Girl" 14. "Speaking with Authority" 15. "That Time I Spoke and Everyone Ignored Me" 16. "To Olympus by Chariot" 17. "Nostos" 18. "The View from a Distance" 19. "The Water Bearers" 20. “Here Today, Here Tomorrow” 21. ”Strategic Thinking” 22. "Embers of the Mind" 23. “How the Evergreen Lost Its Leaves” 24. “Tears of Strength and Resilience” 25. “The Strong Man and the King” 26. “The Aether Speaks” 27. “Something Holy and Immortal” Weekly Chapters Every Sunday5. "Patron of the Mice"
Centering Apollo,
God of Health and Vision:
Mortals call me
God of Music,
Lord of Sickness and Health,
God of Far-Seeing Prophecy,
God of Far-Shooting Arrows,
Deputy Sun-Charioteer,
but also,
less frequently,
Patron of the Mice.
On a supply ship,
in a coffin-sized pithos of barley,
they arrive,
a few at first,
but
mice will be mice,
in the filth and garbage of the Achaean camp,
and soon the plague is everywhere.
The mules
sicken and die.
Agamemnon orders men to pull more weight,
and chores around the camp grow harder.
The hounds
sicken and die.
Agamemnon cancels the hunts
into the Idaean woods
that bring fresh game to the officers' tables,
and orders emmer porridge for all.
The men
sicken and die.
Agamemnon orders
quarantine flags
for stricken tents,
pyres
to burn the bodies of the fallen,
trenches
for mass graves.
The men grumble,
unable to defend
against
tiny,
long-tailed,
furry arrows,
as I stand by,
gleefully,
with my bow.
Author Commentary:
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EPIC CYCLE ROADMAP:
* The Kypria* The Iliad
* The Posthomerica
* Tales of Nostos
* The Odyssey
* The Telegony
* The Aeneid
Rage is the first book of the Iliad. Amazons is the first book of the Posthomerica.
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