The god[s] find fault with flimsy vow or sacrifice.
The priest pities the dishonored Agamemnon. As the bride price of the daughter was high, Apollo deals death alone. He unleashed the plague on the Greeks. The soothsayer urges the king to heed the god’s desires, Pay the price for the dancing-eyed girl to her father the priest. The formal sacrifice will allow Agamemnon to keep his new bride Since the marriage of Chryseis to the king appeases the god. Atreus’ son, the warlord Agamemnon, Desperate and pitiful, unlike twin black thunderheads, Turned to the soothsayer: You never give me a good omen. You prophesy doom, and that ...
