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Because Agamennon takes prisoner a priestess (Criseida,or Criseis en English) of Apollo's cult. Her father asks for her liberation for ramson but Agamennon refuses. The father prays to Apollo who is enraged to know about it and punishes Agamennon hubrys sending "arrows of plague" to the achaean camp.
All this happens in Homer's Iliad, the story about the troyan war.
Calcante, the priest, and Aquiles press Agamennon for the liberation of Criseis. Agamennon finally accepts and offers an Holocaust (sacrifice) to Apollo but asks for Briseida (Aquiles' prisoner) in compensation. Because of this, starts the "wrath of Aquiles" which is the opening theme of the Iliad.
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What did Agamemnon think about Achilles?
I think that Agamemnon thought of Achilles as an unfair person to call upon the gods for help to send a plague on Agamemnon's army killing most of them.(Agamemnon took Achilles war bride Brises)
How powerful was Hestia?
Powerful enough to turn down the marriage of both Apollo and Poseidon by swearing to remain a virgin upon the head of Zeus.
Which two group are at war in the lliad?
The story of the Iliad is as follows: Nine years after the start of the Trojan War, the Greek ("Achaean") army sacks Chryse, a town allied with Troy. During the battle, the Achaeans capture a pair of beautiful maidens, Chryseis and Briseis. Agamemnon, the leader of the Achaean forces, takes Chryseis as his prize, and Achilles, the Achaeans' greatest warrior, claims Briseis. Chryseis's father, Chryses, who serves as a priest of the god Apollo, offers an enormous ransom in return for his daughter, but Agamemnon refuses to give Chryseis back. Chryses then prays to Apollo, who sends a plague upon the Achaean camp. After many Achaeans die, Agamemnon consults the prophet Calchas to determine the cause of the plague. When he learns that Chryseis is the cause, he reluctantly gives her up but then demands Briseis from Achilles as compensation. Furious at this insult, Achilles returns to his tent in the army camp and refuses to fight in the war any longer. He vengefully yearns to see the Achaeans destroyed and asks his mother, the sea-nymph Thetis, to enlist the services of Zeus, king of the gods, toward this end. The Trojan and Achaean sides have declared a cease-fire with each other, but now the Trojans breach the treaty and Zeus comes to their aid. With Zeus supporting the Trojans and Achilles refusing to fight, the Achaeans suffer great losses. Several days of fierce conflict ensue, including duels between Paris and Menelaus and between Hector and Ajax. The Achaeans make no progress; even the heroism of the great Achaean warrior Diomedes proves fruitless. The Trojans push the Achaeans back, forcing them to take refuge behind the ramparts that protect their ships. The Achaeans begin to nurture some hope for the future when a nighttime reconnaissance mission by Diomedes and Odysseus yields information about the Trojans' plans, but the next day brings disaster. Several Achaean commanders become wounded, and the Trojans break through the Achaean ramparts. They advance all the way up to the boundary of the Achaean camp and set fire to one of the ships. Defeat seems imminent, because without the ships, the army will be stranded at Troy and almost certainly destroyed. Concerned for his comrades but still too proud to help them himself, Achilles agrees to a plan proposed by Nestor that will allow his beloved friend Patroclus to take his place in battle, wearing his armor. Patroclus is a fine warrior, and his presence on the battlefield helps the Achaeans push the Trojans away from the ships and back to the city walls. But the counterattack soon falters. Apollo knocks Patroclus's armor to the ground, and Hector slays him. Fighting then breaks out as both sides try to lay claim to the body and armor. Hector ends up with the armor, but the Achaeans, thanks to a courageous effort by Menelaus and others, manage to bring the body back to their camp. When Achilles discovers that Hector has killed Patroclus, he fills with such grief and rage that he agrees to reconcile with Agamemnon and rejoin the battle. Thetis goes to Mount Olympus and persuades the god Hephaestus to forge Achilles a new suit of armor, which she presents to him the next morning. Achilles then rides out to battle at the head of the Achaean army. Meanwhile, Hector, not expecting Achilles to rejoin the battle, has ordered his men to camp outside the walls of Troy. But when the Trojan army glimpses Achilles, it flees in terror back behind the city walls. Achilles cuts down every Trojan he sees. Strengthened by his rage, he even fights the god of the river Xanthus, who is angered that Achilles has caused so many corpses to fall into his streams. Finally, Achilles confronts Hector outside the walls of Troy. Ashamed at the poor advice that he gave his comrades, Hector refuses to flee inside the city with them. Achilles chases him around the city's periphery three times, but the goddess Athena finally tricks Hector into turning around and fighting Achilles. In a dramatic duel, Achilles kills Hector. He then lashes the body to the back of his chariot and drags it across the battlefield to the Achaean camp. Upon Achilles' arrival, the triumphant Achaeans celebrate Patroclus's funeral with a long series of athletic games in his honor. Each day for the next nine days, Achilles drags Hector's body in circles around Patroclus's funeral bier. At last, the gods agree that Hector deserves a proper burial. Zeus sends the god Hermes to escort King Priam, Hector's father and the ruler of Troy, into the Achaean camp. Priam tearfully pleads with Achilles to take pity on a father bereft of his son and return Hector's body. He invokes the memory of Achilles' own father, Peleus. Deeply moved, Achilles finally relents and returns Hector's corpse to the Trojans. Both sides agree to a temporary truce, and Hector receives a hero's funeral.
Why did Achilles refuse to fight in the Trojan War?
Agamemnon was forced to return his lover Chryseis to end the plague, and took Achilles' concubine Briseis as his own. Enraged at the dishonor Agamemnon had inflicted upon him, Achilles decided he would no longer fight.
Who sent Perseus on his quest?
Polydectes: who Perseus offered any bride gift to, as he didn't have one. Polydectes was King of the island upon which Perseus and his mother resided on, and Polydectes took advantage of the offer to send Perseus away so to woe his mother.
What suggestion does Creon make when Oedipus asks about the message from god Apollo?
Creon suggests that the reason that the plague is upon Thebes is by one of the land and its' blood. This meaning that the plague is brought on by some one in the family.
Who is chryseis?
Chryseis is the daughter of Chryses a priest of Apollo, she was captured by Agamemnon as a war-prize and was his slave and lover until Agamemnon had to give her up because Apollo set a plague upon the Greek army for insulting his priest and not ransoming her to her father once she was claimed by him.
Where does Apollo god come from?
Apollo is a ancient Greek god, born upon the island Delos.
Did one of the Apollo rockets fail to land on earth?
YES... Apollo 13 did upon reentry
Is Hera and Apollo in Tartarus?
No. Apollo and Hera are not in Tartarus, they are Olympian deities, they dwell upon Olympus.
Why was the laurel tree sacred to Apollo?
Daphne, who fled from Apollo, turned into a laurel tree, and Apollo made a wreath of the boughs to put upon his head.
What were Chryseis' responsibilities?
Chryseis was in the Trojan war a slave and lover of Agamemnon who was later freed when Agamemnon was forced to give her up when Apollo set a plague upon the Greek army for not ransoming her at the request of her father Chryses. Her son by Agamemnon she named for her father.
What did Apollo do when daphne turned into a tree?
Apollo afterwards wore the laurel tree branch as a wreath upon his head.
What disease fell upon the livestock during the fifth plague?
anthrax
What did Agamemnon think about Achilles?
I think that Agamemnon thought of Achilles as an unfair person to call upon the gods for help to send a plague on Agamemnon's army killing most of them.(Agamemnon took Achilles war bride Brises)
When Mercutio was wounded he cried out?
Rather a lot, actually, but mostly, 'A plague on both your houses for they have made worms' meat of me.'
What were the three gifts that Zeus bestowed on Apollo?
Apollo was sometimes considered a refection of Zeus, a dependent upon his father's own powers. I do not know of any mythic gifts that Zeus granted to Apollo.
