Homer

To sack the city of Priam, and to return home safely.
Release my beloved daughter to me, and accept these ransoms,
Revering the son of Zeus, the far-shooter Apollo.
Then all the other Achaeans shouted in approval,
To honor the priest and accept the splendid ransoms.
But this did not please the heart of Agamemnon, son of Atreus,
Rather, he dismissed him harshly, and laid upon him a stern command.

The truculent reply of Agamemnon.

Do not let me find you, old man, by the hollow ships,
A form of prohibition.

Either lingering now or returning again later,
Lest the staff and the garlands of the god be of no avail to you.
Her I will not release, before old age comes upon her,
In our house in Argos, far from her native land,
Working at the loom and sharing my bed.
Offense against a woman.

But go, do not provoke me, so that you may return more safely.
So he spoke, and the old man was afraid, and obeyed the word.
He went in silence along the shore of the loud-resounding sea.

Chryses seeks vengeance from Apollo upon the Danaans.

And then the old man, having gone far away, prayed much
To lord Apollo, whom fair-haired Leto bore.
Hear me, lord of the silver bow, who protects Chryse,
And holy Cilla, and mightily rules over Tenedos,
Smintheus, if ever I have roofed your pleasant temple,
Or if ever I have burned for you the fat thighs
Of bulls and goats, fulfill this desire for me.

Apollo sends a plague into the army of the Greeks.

May the Danaans pay for my tears with your arrows.
So he spoke in prayer, and Phoebus Apollo heard him.