![]() ![]() They are joined by an old guy called Phoenix who seemed to know the young Achilles. Ulysses and Ajax are dispatched as ambassadors to Achilles to give him Agamemnon's terms.What did you think of the various gifts that Agamemnon agrees to offer Achilles?.Are you surprised or not that he agrees to try to get Achilles back? Agamemnon agrees with Nestor that he was wrong to steal Achilles concubine.Agamemnon seems willing to leave the siege until Diomed speaks out against the idea.The ambassadors return unsuccessfully to the camp, and the troops betake themselves to sleep. They make, each of them, very moving and pressing speeches, but are rejected with roughness by Achilles, who notwithstanding retains Phœnix in his tent. ![]() Ulysses and Ajax are made choice of, who are accompanied by old Phœnix. Agamemnon pursues this advice, and Nestor further prevails upon him to send ambassadors to Achilles, in order to move him to a reconciliation. He orders the guard to be strengthened, and a council summoned to deliberate what measures are to be followed in this emergency. Diomed opposes this, and Nestor seconds him, praising his wisdom and resolution. Agamemnon, after the last day’s defeat, proposes to the Greeks to quit the siege, and return to their country. ![]()
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