At this point in the story, Agamemnon has refused to return the priest of Apollo’s daughter because Agamemnon intends to keep her as a war prize. In anger, Apollo’s priest calls out to his god to punish the men for keeping his daughter: “His prayer went up and Phoebus Apollo heard him. Down he strode from Olympus’ peaks, storming at heart with his bow and hooded quiver slung across his shoulders… the god himself on the march and down he came like night.” (184). Apollo, in this quote, is being characterized as a god who cherishes his people. He assists his loyal priest in trying to get his daughter back. Typically, Apollo is the god of the sun, bright and helpful; however, in his anger he is dark and menacing: ‘like night’. The night could