Zeus Commands a Baneful Dream (2.1-15)

ἄλλοι μέν ῥα θεοί τε καὶ ἀνέρες ἱπποκορυσταὶ
εὗδον παννύχιοι, Δία δ' οὐκ ἔχε νήδυμος ὕπνος,
ἀλλ' ὅ γε μερμήριζε κατὰ φρένα ὡς Ἀχιλῆα
τιμήσῃ, ὀλέσῃ δὲ πολέας ἐπὶ νηυσὶν Ἀχαιῶν.
ἥδε δέ οἱ κατὰ θυμὸν ἀρίστη φαίνετο βουλή, [5]
πέμψαι ἐπ' Ἀτρεΐδῃ Ἀγαμέμνονι οὖλον ὄνειρον:
καί μιν φωνήσας ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα:
βάσκ' ἴθι οὖλε ὄνειρε θοὰς ἐπὶ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν:
ἐλθὼν ἐς κλισίην Ἀγαμέμνονος Ἀτρεί̈δαο
πάντα μάλ' ἀτρεκέως ἀγορευέμεν ὡς ἐπιτέλλω: 10
θωρῆξαί ἑ κέλευε κάρη κομόωντας Ἀχαιοὺς
πανσυδίῃ: νῦν γάρ κεν ἕλοι πόλιν εὐρυάγυιαν
Τρώων: οὐ γὰρ ἔτ' ἀμφὶς Ὀλύμπια δώματ' ἔχοντες
ἀθάνατοι φράζονται: ἐπέγναμψεν γὰρ ἅπαντας
Ἥρη λισσομένη, Τρώεσσι δὲ κήδε' ἐφῆπται. 15

Translation:
The gods and all the chariot-driving men
slept throughout the night, but sweet sleep could not
keep hold of Zeus, who brooded over how
to honor swift Achilles, how to bring
destruction on the Achaeans by their ships.
The plan that seemed the best to him was this:
to send to Agamemnon, Atreus’ son,
a baneful dream. So he said with winged words:

Go, Baneful Dream, speed now to the Achaean ships
and hasten to the tent of Atreus’ son,
to Agamemnon. Tell him truly all
that I command: urge him to gird himself
and all the longhaired Greeks for war upon
the instant, for now is when he might take
the citadel of Troy. The deathless gods
who hold Olympus do not still think two ways
about it—Hera has entreated them
and bent them to her will. Troy’s doom is sealed.

Comments:
Just diving straight into book 2.