Status Updates From The Iliad

To make up for stealing Achilles's woman, Agamemnon will give him:

7 new tripods
10 lbs gold
20 bright cauldrons
12 racehorses
7 women from Lesbos (Achilles destroyed their home????)
The woman that Agamemnon stole and which he swears “that I have never gone to bed with her as is the normal way for men and women.”
Loot from Priam
20 Trojan women who aren't as hot as Helen
One of his daughters to marry
7 towns

“...You got the special status of the scepter, but not the greatest power, which is courage. Fool, do you really think the sons of Greece are craven cowards, as you say they are? If you are eager to go home, then go! Your path lies open. You have many ships beached by the sea, brought out here from Mycenae. We other long-haired warriors will stay until we have annihilated Troy....”

This Agamemnon roast!!

‘Finally, Diomedes raised his voice.

“No, Agamemnon, you are talking nonsense, and I will be the first to challenge you in public for your folly, as is right. Do not get angry with me now, my lord. You started it, when you insulted me. You called me bad at fighting and a coward among the Greeks, both young and old. They saw it...”’

Oh 🫣