(in the story "the lliad")achilles thus the king of men address'd: “why leave we not the fatal trojan shore, and measure back the seas we cross’d before? the plague destroying whom the sword would spare, ‘tis time to save the few remains of war. but let some prophet, or some sacred sage, explore the cause of great apollo’s rage; which of the following is an analysis statement of the excerpt above? achilles wants to leave troy. homer believes apollo is angry with the greeks. homer illustrates achilles’ frustration. achilles requests an expert who can interpret the cause of apollo’s anger.

Achilles wants to leave Troy.

Explanation:

In Book I of "The Illiad" by Homer, the Greek camp was under siege by a plague sent by Apollo. Two maidens, Chryseis and Briseis were captured from the Trojan village of which Agamemnon took Chryseis and Achilles took Briseis. Chryseis prayed to Apollo to save them and in response to that, Apollo sent  plague to the Greek camp killing lots of soldiers. When a soothsayer was consulted to find out the cause of the plague, and it was known that Chryseis was the cause, Agamemnon agrees to return her only if Achilles gives Briseis as compensation for his loss of Chryseis. This angered and humilated the proud Achilles and he threatened to withdraw from the war and take back his people, the Myrmidons and leave Troy.

answer; ///(a) and (c) newspaper article and instruction manual; //so the answer is (e)