Iliade

Résumé

And Trojans hearing the brazen voice of Aeacides, all their spirits quaked – even sleek-maned horses, sensing death in the wind, slewed their chariots round and charioteers were struck dumb when they saw that fire, relentless, terrible, burst from proud-hearted Achilles' head, blazing as fiery-eyed Athena fuelled the flames.