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Book 1 : Forced by Apollo's punishment to return Chryses' daughter, Agamemnon takes Achilles' prize-girl ; Achilles has his mother ask Zeus to favor the Trojans ; Hera finds out and quarrels with Zeus
Book 2 : After telling a deceptive dream, Agamemnon orders withdrawal ; Odysseus halts it, then scourges Thersítes for abusing Agamemnon ; the lords rouse the army. Catalog of Achaians and Trojans
Book 3 : Paris avoids Meneláos' response to his challenge, then agrees to fight ; from the wall Helen identifies the Achaian lords ; Priam goes and oaths are sworn ; Paris loses, but Aphrodítè takes him away
Book 4 : The gods confirm Troy's ruin ; Athena makes Pándaros violate the oaths by wounding Meneláos, whom Macháon treats ; Agamemnon urges the lords ; roused by gods, the armies battle
Book 5 : Athena grants Diomédes glory ; he kills Pándaros and wounds Aineías and Aphrodítè ; the Achaian and Trojan lords battle, joined by Athena, Hera, and Ares, whom Diomédes wounds
Book 6 : Without any gods the battle continues ; Agamemnon kills Adréstos ; Diomédes and Glaukos talk and exchange armor ; in Troy Hektor encounters Hékabè, Helen, Paris, and Andrómachè
Book 7 : Hektor challenges the Achaian lords ; Agamemnon restrains Meneláos, Ajax is chosen, the fight is halted ; Paris will not return Helen ; the dead are buried, the Achaians build defenses
Book 8 : Zeus keeps the gods away ; the Achaians flee the Trojans' attack but defend the wall; Hera and Athena plan to aid them, but Zeus forbids it ; at night the Trojans build watchfires
Book 9 : Heeding Nestor's rebuke, Agamemnon offers gifts to Achilles if he will yield ; Odysseus, Ajax, and Phoinix bear the message and plead with him ; he relents - he will stay but not fight
Book 10 : At a night council the Achaians dispatch spies, Diomédes and Odysseus, who capture and kill the Trojan spy Dolon, then slaughter Rhesos and his Thracian troops and report back
Book 11 : Agamemnon rampages and is wounded ; Paris and Sokos wound Diomédes, Odysseus, Macháon, and Eurýpylos ; Achilles sends Patróklos to question Nestor, who urges him to enter the battle
Book 12 : Battle rages at the wall, which gods later will destroy ; the Trojans keep attacking, despite an omen ; Sarpédon speaks to Glaukos ; Ajax and Teukros fight, and Hektor breaks the gate
Book 13 : Poseidon aids the Achaians ; leaders of both sides battle ; at the ships the Ajaxes hold off Hektor, who decides to retreat, but, emboldened by Paris, answers Ajax's jeers and leads on
Book 14 : Poseidon encourages the Achaian lords to keep fighting ; Hera plots to make Zeus sleep, aiding Poseidon, who marshals the Achaians ; struck down, Hektor revives ; the Achaians prevail
Book 15 : Awakening, Zeus sends Iris to stop Poseidon and Apollo to aid the Trojans ; Hektor fights Ajax, then leads his army against the ships with fire ; Ajax, ranging the decks, repels them
Book 16 : Yielding to Patróklos' plea, Achilles sends him out with the Mýrmidons ; he kills Sarpédon and routs the Trojans ; Apollo takes the body, rouses Hektor, and helps him kill Patróklos
Book 17 : Achaians and Trojans battle over Patróklos' body ; Hektor dons Achilles' armor ; with gods aiding, both sides rally ; Achilles' horses weep ; Meneláos sends Antílochos to tell Achilles
Book 18 : Achilles, Thetis, and sea-nymphs lament the heroes' death ; Achilles rescues Patróklos' body ; at Thetis' request, Hephaistos makes arms for her son, including an elaborate shield
Book 19 : Receiving the arms, Achilles renounces his wrath ; Agamemnon blames Delusion, which harms even Zeus, and gives both gifts and girl to Achilles ; he arms ; Xanthos foretells his death
Book 20 : Zeus sends the gods to aid both sides ; Achilles speaks and fights with Aineías, whom Poseidon saves, then faces Hektor ; whom Apollo saves, then keeps on rampaging and killing
Book 21 : Achilles kills many men in the river, who begs him to stop, then threatens ; Hera sends Hephaistos to quell the river ; the gods oppose each other ; the Trojans go into the city
Book 22 : His parents beg Hektor to come in ; Hektor refuses ; Achilles chases him ; Athena deceives him into stopping ; Achilles strikes him, rejects his dying plea, and drags him ; the women wail
Book 23 : In sleep, Achilles sees Patróklos ; he mourns ; the winds light the pyre. The funeral games : chariot-racing, boxing, wrestling, footrace, spear-fight, hurling a lump, archery, and spear-throw
Book 24 : Achilles keeps dragging Hektor ; angered, Zeus says he must give up the body ; with Hermes' aid Priam goes to ransom it ; they meet, Achilles restrains the battle, and Hektor is buried
List of proper names in the Iliad.
Bibliography
Map
Book 1 : Forced by Apollo's punishment to return Chryses' daughter, Agamemnon takes Achilles' prize-girl ; Achilles has his mother ask Zeus to favor the Trojans ; Hera finds out and quarrels with Zeus
Book 2 : After telling a deceptive dream, Agamemnon orders withdrawal ; Odysseus halts it, then scourges Thersítes for abusing Agamemnon ; the lords rouse the army. Catalog of Achaians and Trojans
Book 3 : Paris avoids Meneláos' response to his challenge, then agrees to fight ; from the wall Helen identifies the Achaian lords ; Priam goes and oaths are sworn ; Paris loses, but Aphrodítè takes him away
Book 4 : The gods confirm Troy's ruin ; Athena makes Pándaros violate the oaths by wounding Meneláos, whom Macháon treats ; Agamemnon urges the lords ; roused by gods, the armies battle
Book 5 : Athena grants Diomédes glory ; he kills Pándaros and wounds Aineías and Aphrodítè ; the Achaian and Trojan lords battle, joined by Athena, Hera, and Ares, whom Diomédes wounds
Book 6 : Without any gods the battle continues ; Agamemnon kills Adréstos ; Diomédes and Glaukos talk and exchange armor ; in Troy Hektor encounters Hékabè, Helen, Paris, and Andrómachè
Book 7 : Hektor challenges the Achaian lords ; Agamemnon restrains Meneláos, Ajax is chosen, the fight is halted ; Paris will not return Helen ; the dead are buried, the Achaians build defenses
Book 8 : Zeus keeps the gods away ; the Achaians flee the Trojans' attack but defend the wall; Hera and Athena plan to aid them, but Zeus forbids it ; at night the Trojans build watchfires
Book 9 : Heeding Nestor's rebuke, Agamemnon offers gifts to Achilles if he will yield ; Odysseus, Ajax, and Phoinix bear the message and plead with him ; he relents - he will stay but not fight
Book 10 : At a night council the Achaians dispatch spies, Diomédes and Odysseus, who capture and kill the Trojan spy Dolon, then slaughter Rhesos and his Thracian troops and report back
Book 11 : Agamemnon rampages and is wounded ; Paris and Sokos wound Diomédes, Odysseus, Macháon, and Eurýpylos ; Achilles sends Patróklos to question Nestor, who urges him to enter the battle
Book 12 : Battle rages at the wall, which gods later will destroy ; the Trojans keep attacking, despite an omen ; Sarpédon speaks to Glaukos ; Ajax and Teukros fight, and Hektor breaks the gate
Book 13 : Poseidon aids the Achaians ; leaders of both sides battle ; at the ships the Ajaxes hold off Hektor, who decides to retreat, but, emboldened by Paris, answers Ajax's jeers and leads on
Book 14 : Poseidon encourages the Achaian lords to keep fighting ; Hera plots to make Zeus sleep, aiding Poseidon, who marshals the Achaians ; struck down, Hektor revives ; the Achaians prevail
Book 15 : Awakening, Zeus sends Iris to stop Poseidon and Apollo to aid the Trojans ; Hektor fights Ajax, then leads his army against the ships with fire ; Ajax, ranging the decks, repels them
Book 16 : Yielding to Patróklos' plea, Achilles sends him out with the Mýrmidons ; he kills Sarpédon and routs the Trojans ; Apollo takes the body, rouses Hektor, and helps him kill Patróklos
Book 17 : Achaians and Trojans battle over Patróklos' body ; Hektor dons Achilles' armor ; with gods aiding, both sides rally ; Achilles' horses weep ; Meneláos sends Antílochos to tell Achilles
Book 18 : Achilles, Thetis, and sea-nymphs lament the heroes' death ; Achilles rescues Patróklos' body ; at Thetis' request, Hephaistos makes arms for her son, including an elaborate shield
Book 19 : Receiving the arms, Achilles renounces his wrath ; Agamemnon blames Delusion, which harms even Zeus, and gives both gifts and girl to Achilles ; he arms ; Xanthos foretells his death
Book 20 : Zeus sends the gods to aid both sides ; Achilles speaks and fights with Aineías, whom Poseidon saves, then faces Hektor ; whom Apollo saves, then keeps on rampaging and killing
Book 21 : Achilles kills many men in the river, who begs him to stop, then threatens ; Hera sends Hephaistos to quell the river ; the gods oppose each other ; the Trojans go into the city
Book 22 : His parents beg Hektor to come in ; Hektor refuses ; Achilles chases him ; Athena deceives him into stopping ; Achilles strikes him, rejects his dying plea, and drags him ; the women wail
Book 23 : In sleep, Achilles sees Patróklos ; he mourns ; the winds light the pyre. The funeral games : chariot-racing, boxing, wrestling, footrace, spear-fight, hurling a lump, archery, and spear-throw
Book 24 : Achilles keeps dragging Hektor ; angered, Zeus says he must give up the body ; with Hermes' aid Priam goes to ransom it ; they meet, Achilles restrains the battle, and Hektor is buried
List of proper names in the Iliad.