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In the conclusion of Book Nine of The Iliad, the great warrior Achilles sums up his feelings and thoughts in one complete line, yet still the heart in me swells up in anger, when I remember the disgrace that he wrought upon me before Argives, the son of Atreus, as if I were some dishonoured vagabond. (Il 9.646-7) After all that time, nine books worth, Achilles could not forgive Agamemnon for his disgracing deed which led to the defeat of the Achaean?s. Book One of the poem opens nine years after the start of the Trojan War. The poem goes on to speak of the Achaean soldiers that caught two Trojan maidens, Chrysei and Briseis, the two maidens that would later be the destruction of a country. The two girls are then given out as rewards of battle, Chrysei?s to the king of Achaens, Agamemnon and Briseis is awarded to Achilles the great warrior. The two girls? families are devostated and Chryseis? father, Chryses, priest of Apollo, begs Agamemnon to return his daughter. Sons of Atreus and you other strong-greaved Achains, to you ma