The wrath of Peleus' son, O Muse, resound;
Whose dire effects the Grecian army found,
And many a hero, king, and hardy knight,
Were sent, in early youth, to shades of night;
Their limbs a prey to dogs and vultures made:
So was the sovereign will of Jove obeyed:
From that ill-omened hour when strife begun,
Betwixt Atrides great and Thetis' godlike son.

The First Book of Homer's Ilias - Fables, Ancient and Modern (1700)