Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment.

Achilles

Quoted in The Iliad, by Homer

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Topic

God and man Fate

Speaker

Achilles

Author

Homer

Source

The Iliad

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Homer. The Iliad. 710 BC, bk. 18, l. 328.

Current Citation

Homer. The Iliad. Translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin, 1998, bk. 18, l. 328.

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Time
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Rage—Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus's son Achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses.

Homer

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Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Time
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