“You’ve come to Olympos, Thetis, though your mind is troubled and insatiable pain preys on your heart. I know, I too. But let me, even so, explain why I have called you here. Nine days of quarreling we’ve had among the gods 130 concerning Hektor’s body and Akhilleus. They wish the Wayfinder to make off with it. I, however, accord Akhilleus honor as I now tell you—in respect for you whose love I hope to keep hereafter. Go, now, down to the army, tell this to your son: the gods are sullen toward him, and I, too, more than the rest, am angered at his madness, holding the body by the beaked ships
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A rare occasion in which Zeus actually behaves like the patron god and shoes maturity. Unlike him being the horny fool he's been so far.
