Darn! I did not realize I was so transparent 
I am bored without my family, and more or less inside-bound with this stupid cold:-) But I will admit that, while wasting my time here, I also tried my hand, for a few verses, at a better version of the Iliad’s translation, closer to the original but still easy to read. What do you think of this:
Of the murderous rage of Achilleus son of Peleus, sing through me, Goddess,
Of this ruinous rage that caused the Achaeans uncounted grief,
That sent so many worthy lives of heroes
To Hades, and made them spoils for dogs
And carrion birds of all kinds—and so were the plans of Zeus met.