Wrath of Achilles.
    “Sing, goddess, the wrath of Peleus’s son Achilles.” Homer’s Iliad opens with this invocation, and the event to which it refers — Achilles’ quarrel with his commander Agamemnon—centers on the spoils they gained in the Trojan War before Homer’s narrative begins.
    Agamemnon received as part of his booty the woman Chryseis; Achilles was given Briseis. When Agamemnon was forced to relinquish his reward, he demanded that Achilles surrender Briseis to him as compensation. Stung by the insult and by the loss of someone he had come to love, Achilles retired to his tent and refused to lead his troops into battle. At the urging of Achilles’ mother, Thetis, Zeus (Jupiter) punished Agamemnon by causing him to suffer great losses in subsequent battles with the Trojans. Only after the death of Patroclus did Achilles rejoin the war, at which time Agamemnon returned Briseis to him, along with costly gifts.

Achilles listings are arranged under the following headings:
Achilles General List)
Infancy and Education)
Achilles at Scyros)
Wrath of Achilles)
Return to Battle)
Death of Achilles)
Afterlife)

See also Chryseis; Patroclus