Book IX of Iliad began with Agamemnon and the rest of Achaeans drown in the deep fear of Trojan Army’s further attack. As an effort to prevent Trojans to burn down Greek’s ships, Agamemnon sent Nestor and Phoenix as ambassadors to Myrmidon to persuade Achilles to help Greek in danger. The outcome of the Agamemnon’s strong desire to persuade Achilles was a failure as Achilles rejected his offers without any hesitation. Achilles’s response to Odysseus’s persuasion was well portrayed by the author. Homer made a great deal of literary choices to make Achilles’s indelible anger and unwillingness to fight the war a compelling part for the readers.
Homer made Achilles’s anger toward Agamemnon an observable part of the conversation. Achilles’s response
