February 13, 2013: The School Shooting Pivot Date

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So it begins again...

The Iliad, I

Wrath - sing Goddess the accursed wrath
of Achilles, son of Peleus, which caused grief beyond
measure, hurled to Hades many valiant
souls of heroes, and made them spoils for dogs
and every sort of bird, as the desire
of Zeus was being brought to its fruition,
sing from when Agamemnon, son of Atreus,
Lord Protector of men, and god-like Achilles
first stood apart in strife.
                                               Which of the gods
threw those two together in strife to fight?
Apollo, son of Zeus and Leto, enraged
with the King, roused an evil plague
throughout the camp, so the soldiers were dying,
for the son of Atreus had spurned Chryses
the priest who had come to the swift ships
of the Achaeans, holding in his hand
the wreath of far-shooting Apollo upon a gold
staff and bearing ransom without measure
to free his daughter; he begged all the Achaeans,
but most of all the two sons of Atreus,
Agamemnon and Menelaus, marshallers
of the armies…