The Persuasion Of A Friend Is A

I Say No Wealth Is Worth My Life.

Sing, O Muse, Of The Rage Of Achilles, Son Of Peleus, That Brought Countless Ills Upon The Achaeans.

The Minds Of The Everlasting Gods Are Not Changed Suddenly.

The Chance Of War Is Equal, And The Slayer Oft Is Slain.

Yea, And If Some God Shall Wreck Me In The Wine-dark Deep, Even So I Will Endure… For Already Have I Suffered Full Much, And Much Have I Toiled In Perils Of Waves And War. Let This Be Added To The Tale Of Those.