... though his name is rarely mentioned in books II through VII. Yet, we cannot ignore the clear implication of the first line. Without further analysis we are caught between two different views of the primary subject of the book: i) that Achilles is the center of the story and ... raged on for nine years (b.2, l.346) before the events of the Iliad began and continued on after the war's end. The only thing the chronological bounds of the Iliad correspond to is Achilles, beginning with his clash with Agamemnon, ruler of men, and ending with his Aristeia. Perhaps there is reason ... holds true...

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