Or will Pelides, incomparable of heroes,
Go, and with holy rite appease the wrath of Apollo?’
And with a frown swift-footed Achilles eyed him, and answered:
‘O me! clothed-upon with impudence, greedy-hearted,
How shall any Achæan again be willing to serve you,
Make any expedition, or fight in battle to help you?
Certainly not upon any account of the Troïan horsemen
Came I hither to fight; they never gave me occasion,
Never carried away any cattle of mine, any horses,
Nor in Phthia ever, the rich land, feeder of people,