Events mentioned in: Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Quarrel of Achilles
- Diomedes kills Rhesus
- Odysseus and Diomedes sneak into the Trojan camp
- Achilles arms Patroclus in his armour
- Patroclus kills Sarpedon
- Hector kills Patroclus
- Apollo attacks the Achaeans for nine days
- Agamemnon abuses Chryses
- Chryses tries to ransom Chryseis from the Greeks
- Agamemnon refuses Chryses’ offer of ransom for the return of Chryseis
- Chryses prays to Apollo to punish Agamemnon
- Hera gets Achilles to call a meeting
- The Greeks meet to discuss their response to Apollo’s plague
- Calchas explains to the Greeks that Agamemnon must surrender Chryseis
- Agamemnon and Achilles argue over the fates of Briseis and Chryseis
- Hera sends Athena to prevent a fight between Achilles and Agamemnon
- Athena stops Achilles from trying to kill Agamemnon
- Nestor urges Achilles and Agamemnon to get along
- Odysseus takes Chryseis back to Chryses by ship
- Agamemnon commands the Achaeans to purify themselves and offer sacrifice to Apollo
- Agamemnon sends messengers to retrieve Briseis from Achilles
- Achilles instructs Patroclus to hand over Briseis to Agamemnon’s messengers
- Achilles prays to his mother, Thetis
- Achilles tells Thetis the story of how Agamemnon has taken Briseis
- Thetis comes out of the waves to talk to her son, Achilles
- Achilles asks Thetis to implore Zeus to favour the Trojans
- Thetis says she will bid Zeus to help
- Thetis tells Achilles to hold off fighting until she can persuade Zeus for his help
- Odysseus lands in Chryse and and places the hecatomb for Apollo
- Odysseus returns Chryseis to her father, Chryses
- The Achaeans perform the sacrifice to Apollo
- Odysseus and the Achaeans set sail from Chryse to go back to Troy
- Odysseus and the Achaeans arrive back in Troy
- Achilles keeps absent from the Achaeans and waits the twelve days for Zeus to return
- Zeus returns to Olympus
- Thetis bids Zeus to give temporary favor to the Trojans in order to help Achilles
- Zeus tells Thetis he will consider her plea to help Achilles
- Hera berates Zeus for not telling her what deal exists between him and Thetis
- Zeus tells Hera that she should not pry into matters that don’t concern her
- Hera states that she knows Zeus is making a deal with Thetis in order to help Achilles
- Zeus warns Hera not to meddle in his affairs, which silences her
- Hephaestus advises Hera to stop her quarrel with Zeus
- Hephaestus speaks of how Zeus threw him from Olympus
- Hephaestus’ attempt to cheer up Hera works and the goddess is pacified
- Hephaestus serves all of the Olympians nectar and they begin feasting
- Zeus, Hera, and the rest of the gods go home to bed after feasting
- Euphorbus wounds Patroclus
- Agamemnon seeks Nestor’s advice on how to save the Achaeans
- Menelaus, unable to sleep, seeks out his brother, Agamemnon
- Agamemnon instructs Menelaus to call Ajax, Idomeneus, and every man along the way
- Agamemnon seeks out Nestor and asks him for guidance
- Nestor goes out among the Achaean ships and wakes Odysseus and Diomedes
- Diomedes wakes Ajax and Meges
- Diomedes, Meriones, Thrasymedes, and the rest of the chiefs of the Achaeans come together in council
- Nestor asks the chiefs of the Achaeans for a volunteer to spy on the Trojans
- Diomedes volunteers to spy on the Trojans
- The two Ajaxes, Meriones, Thrasymedes, Menelaus, and Odysseus volunteer to accompany Diomedes on his mission to spy on the Trojan host
- Diomedes chooses Odysseus to accompany him in spying on the Trojan host
- Thrasymedes gives Diomedes a sword and shield
- Meriones gives Odysseus a bow, quiver, and his own leather helmet
- Autolycus steals a leather helmet from Amyntor
- Autolycus gives Amyntor’s stolen helmet to Amphidamas
- Amphidamas gives his helmet to Molos as a token of friendship
- Molos gives his helmet to his son, Meriones
- Athena sends a heron to Diomedes and Odysseus as a sign of her favour
- Odysseus and Diomedes pray to Athena that they will be successful in finding a weakness in the Trojan host
- Tydeus goes to Thebes as an envoy of the Achaeans
- Tydeus abandons the Achaeans
- Tydeus delivers a message of peace to the Cadmeans
- Hector calls the princes of the Trojans to council
- Hector asks the princes of the Trojans for a volunteer to infiltrate the Achaean camp
- Dolon volunteers to determine whether or not the Achaean camp is still guarded
- Hector swears an oath that Dolon may have a bronze chariot and the horses of Achilles
- Dolon arms himself
- Dolon makes his way toward the Achaean camp
- Odysseus sees Dolon making for the ships from Troy and tells Diomedes that they must kill him before he returns
- Dolon runs from Diomedes and Odysseus
- Athena infuses Diomedes with energy so that he may have the glory of striking Dolon first
- Diomedes throws a spear at Dolon, but misses on purpose
- Dolon begs Diomedes and Odysseus to take him alive for ransom
- Odysseus asks Dolon if he is spying for the Trojans
- Dolon tells Odysseus that Hector bribed him to determine if the Achaeans intended to flee or not
- Odysseus interrogates Dolon
- Diomedes beheads Dolon
- Odysseus hangs Dolon’s armour and weapons in honour of Athena
- Odysseus places Dolon’s armour and weapons on a tamarisk tree
- Diomedes slaughters thirteen Thracian warriors
- Odysseus frees the horses of Rhesus
- Athena warns Diomedes to retreat to the ships
- Odysseus and Diomedes return to the ships of the Achaeans with Rhesus’ horses
- Apollo wakes Hippocoon, alerting the Trojan camp to the massacre of the Thracians
- Diomedes takes the spoils of Hector’s dead guard and gives them to Odysseus
- Odysseus tells Nestor how Diomedes killed Rhesus, the Thracian king, twelve of his men, and a Trojan scout
- The Achaeans bathe themselves in the sea
- The Achaeans anoint themselves with oil
- The Achaeans make an offering to Athena
- Zeus sends Discord to the Achaean ships
- Zeus forbids the gods from involving themselves in his plan for the Trojans and Achaeans
- Agamemnon kills Bienor
- Agamemnon kills Oileus
- Achilles takes Isos and Antiphus as his prisoners
- Achilles ransoms Isos and Antiphus back to the Trojans
- Agamemnon kills Isos
- Agamemnon kills Antiphus
- Paris bribes Antimachus to prevent Helen from being restored to Menelaus
- Peisandros and Hippolochus beg Agamemnon to ransom them back to their father
- Antimachus proposes in council that Menelaus and Odysseus should be killed
- Agamemnon kills Peisandros
- Agamemnon kills Hippolochus
- Zeus draws Hector away from the Achaeans
- Agamemnon rampages through the Trojan ranks
- Zeus asks Iris to deliver a message to Hector
- Iris tells Hector that Zeus will grant him victory if he remains out of the fight
- Iphidamas goes to Troy to gain glory
- Agamemnon kills Iphidamas
- Coon injures Agamemnon
- Agamemnon kills Coon
- Agamemnon retreats from battle
- Hector leads the Trojan troops into battle
- Hector kills Asaios
- Hector kills Autonoos
- Hector kills Opites
- Hector kills Dolops
- Hector kills Opheltios
- Hector kills Agelaus
- Hector kills Aisymnos
- Hector kills Orus
- Hector kills Hipponous
- Odysseus and Diomedes lead the Achaeans into battle
- Odysseus and Diomedes prevent Hector from taking the Achaean ships
- Diomedes kills Thymbraios
- Odysseus kills Molion
- Adrastus and Amphius go to war against their father’s wishes
- Diomedes kills Adrastus and Amphius
- Odysseus kills Hippodamos
- Odysseus kills Hypeirochos
- Diomedes kills Agastrophos
- Diomedes attacks Hector
- Hector is protected by a helm given to him by Apollo
- Paris shoots an arrow into Diomedes’ right foot
- Diomedes insults Paris for fighting without honour
- Diomedes retreats from battle
- Odysseus is left alone to fight against the Trojans
- Odysseus injures Deiopites
- Odysseus kills Thoon
- Odysseus kills Ennomus
- Odysseus kills Chersidamas
- Odysseus kills Charops
- Socus challenges Odysseus to a fight to avenge his brother Charops
- Socus injures Odysseus
- Odysseus kills Socus
- Menelaus and Ajax come to the aid of Odysseus
- Odysseus retreats from battle
- Ajax kills Doryclus
- Ajax wounds Pandokos
- Ajax wounds Lysandros
- Ajax wounds Pyrasus
- Ajax wounds Pylartes
- Paris shoots an arrow into Machaon’s right shoulder
- Nestor takes Machaon back to the Achaean ships
- Cebriones draws Hector’s attention to the havoc Ajax is creating among the Trojans
- Hector defends the Trojans
- Ajax is overpowered by the Trojans and retreats
- Eurypylus kills Apisaon
- Paris shoots an arrow into Eurypylus’ right thigh
- Eurypylus counsels the Achaeans to defend Ajax from the Trojans
- Achilles sends Patroclus to ask about the injured warrior on Nestor’s chariot
- Achilles sacks Tenedos
- The Achaeans give Hecamede to Nestor
- Patroclus confirms that the injured warrior on Nestor’s chariot was Machaon
- Nestor criticizes Achilles’ disregard for the Achaeans
- The Pylians and the Epeans fight over cattle-raids
- Nestor kills Itymoneus
- Hercules kills all the best men of Pylos, except Nestor
- Nestor kills Moulios
- Nestor reminds Patroclus of the responsibility his father Menoitios charged him with before leaving for Troy
- Nestor tells Patroclus to lead the Myrmidons to battle if Achilles will not
- Patroclus relays Nestor’s message
- Patroclus tends to Eurypylus’s wound
- The Argives leave Troy after it is sacked
- Apollo and Poseidon destroy the Achaean wall
- Hector urges the Trojans to cross the trench separating them from the Achaeans
- Polydamas urges Hector not to try and force their horses to cross the perilous Achaean trench, but rather continue on foot
- The Trojans divide into five companies led by Hector, Polydamas, Cebriones, Paris, Alcathous, Agenor, Helenus, Deiphobus, Asius, Aeneas, Archelochus, Acamas, Sarpedon, Glaucus, and Asteropaeus
- Asius, Iamenus, Orestes, Adamas, Thoon, and Oinomaos charge the Achaean wall with their horses
- Asius laments to Zeus that Polypoetes and Leonteus will not abandon the Achaean gate despite his attacks
- Polypoetes kills Damasos
- Polypoetes kills Pylon and Ormenus
- Leonteus kills Hippomachus
- Leonteus kills Antiphates
- Leonteus kills Menon, Iamenus, and Orestes
- The Trojans witness a divine portent in the form of a large eagle carrying a red snake, which it drops into their midst
- Polydamas warns Hector to heed the omen of the eagle and the snake and not engage the Danaans at their ships
- Hector rebukes Polydamas and ignores his advice
- Zeus grants victory to the Trojans
- The two Ajaxes raise morale amongst the Achaeans
- Zeus sets Sarpedon on the Argives
- Sarpedon tells Glaucus that they must earn their honour through glory in battle
- Sarpedon and Glaucus lead the Lycian host in the assault on the Achaean wall
- Menestheus sends his messenger, Thoötes, to enlist Ajax’s and Teucer’s help against Sarpedon and Glaucus
- The Greater Ajax orders the Lesser Ajax and Lycomedes to hold the line against the Danaans in his absence
- Ajax kills Epikles
- Teucer wounds Glaucus
- Sarpedon kills Alcmaon
- Zeus saves Sarpedon from being killed by Ajax and Teucer
- Sarpedon rebukes the Lycians for failing to help him
- The Lycians and the Argives fight for possession of the Achaean wall
- Zeus grants Hector victory, allowing the Trojans to scale and overtake the Achaean wall
- The Danaans flee to their ships in the chaos ensuing from Hector’s victory
- Poseidon defies Zeus by assisting the Achaeans
- Poseidon disguises himself as Calchas
- Poseidon encourages the Achaean heroes to fight
- Poseidon advises the two Ajaxes to take a stand and drive the Trojans back
- Poseidon strikes the two Ajaxes with his scepter and fills them with daring and strength
- Poseidon encourages Teucer, Leitus, Peneleos, Thoas, Deipylus, Meriones, and Antilochus to continue fighting the Trojans
- The two Ajaxes gather the strongest of the Achaeans and create a human wall to deter Hector’s advance
- Hector encourages the Trojans to continue fighting against the human wall created by the Achaeans
- Meriones breaks his spear on Deiphobus’ shield
- Meriones returns to the ships to replace his spear
- Teucer kills Imbrius
- Hector kills Amphimachus
- Stichius and Menestheus take the body of Amphimachus back to the Achaean host
- The two Ajaxes take the body of Imbrius back to the Achaean host and behead it
- Poseidon is angered by the death of Amphimachus
- Poseidon disguises himself as Thoas
- Poseidon urges the Achaeans to further their attack on the Trojans
- Poseidon encourages Idomeneus to rejoin the battle
- Idomeneus and Meriones return to the battle, joining the left wing of the Achaean host
- Poseidon encourages the Achaeans in secret, for fear of incurring Zeus’ wrath
- Idomeneus kills Othryoneus
- Othryoneus promises to drive the Achaeans out of Troy if he can marry Priam’s daughter, Cassandra
- Idomeneus kills Asius
- Antilochus kills Asius’ charioteer
- Deiphobus kills Hypsenor
- Mecisteus and Alastor take the body of Hypsenor back to the Greek ships
- Idomeneus kills Alcathous
- Deiphobus gets Aeneas to help him fight Idomeneus and defend the body of Alcathous
- Hippodamia and Alcathous raise Aeneas in their home
- Idomeneus asks Ascalaphus, Aphareus, Deipylus, Meriones, and Antilochus to assist him in fighting Aeneas
- Aeneas asks Deiphobus, Paris, and Agenor to assist him in fighting Idomeneus and his comrades
- Idomeneus kills Oinomaos
- Deiphobus kills Ascalaphus
- Meriones injures Deiphobus’ arm
- Deiphobus is carried out of the battle by his brother Polites
- Aeneas kills Aphareus
- Antilochus kills Thoon
- Poseidon protects Antilochus from the Trojans
- Meriones kills Adamas
- Helenus kills Deipylus
- Menelaus injures Helenus’ bow arm
- Agenor tends to Helenus’ injury
- Menelaus kills Peisandros
- Harpalion attacks Menelaus
- Polyidus predicts two possible outcomes of Euchenor’s death
- Paris kills Euchenor
- The Boeotians, Ionians, Locrians, Eleans, and Athenians cannot hold back Hector’s forces
- Medon is exiled to Phylace after he kills Eriopis
- Polydamas advises Hector to draw back from battle, regroup, and seek the council of his chieftains
- Polydamas gathers the Trojan chieftains at Hector’s command
- Hector goes in search of Deiphobus, Helenus, Adamas, and Asius
- Hector finds Paris and rebukes him
- Hector and Paris discuss the fates of Deiphobus, Helenus, Adamas, and Asius
- Hector and the Trojan leaders lead their troops to the center of the battle
- While Ajax predicts victory for the Achaeans, a bird lands on his right hand
- The Achaeans interpret the bird as a good omen that Ajax speaks truly
- Hector predicts victory for the Trojans
- Nestor investigates the sounds of fighting by the Greek ships
- Hecamede bathes Machaon and tends to his wounds
- Nestor, joined by Diomedes and Odysseus, seeks out Agamemnon on the battlefield
- Agamemnon mourns the seemingly imminent demise of the Achaeans
- Nestor suggests that he, Agamemnon, Diomedes and Odysseus should avoid joining the battle due to their injuries
- Agamemnon orders the ships drawn down into the water during the battle
- Odysseus harshly criticizes Agamemnon for his cowardice and condemnation of his own men
- Diomedes rallies the Achaean princes to fight the Trojans despite their injuries
- Poseidon, disguised as an old man, comes to Agamemnon
- Poseidon looses a battle cry and raises the morale of the Achaeans
- Hera sees Poseidon helping the Achaeans
- Hera makes herself look as lovely as possible
- Hera receives love charms from Aphrodite
- Zeus discovers that the Greeks have gained an advantage over the Trojans while he slept
- Zeus realizes that Hera put him to sleep and threatens her with a beating
- Zeus punishes Hera by chaining her the the sky with anvils attached to her feet
- The Olympian gods try unsuccessfully to free Hera from Zeus’ torture
- Zeus throws Hera’s would-be rescuers down to earth
- Hera and Boreas send Hercules to Cos
- Zeus rescues Hercules from Cos
- Zeus brings Hercules back to Argos
- Hera swears to Zeus that she did not tell Poseidon to help the Achaeans
- Zeus tells Hera to fetch Iris and Apollo
- Zeus foretells the events that will end the Trojan War
- Hera returns to Mount Olympus and meets with the Olympian gods
- Hera and Themis discuss Zeus’ mistreatment of Hera
- Hera discusses Zeus’ plan for the Trojan War with the Olympian gods
- Hera reveals that Ares’ son, Ascalaphus, has died in combat
- Ares prepares to avenge Ascalaphus by attacking the Achaeans
- Athena stops Ares from launching an attack on the Achaeans
- Hera sends Iris and Apollo to Zeus
- Zeus instructs Iris to tell Poseidon to stop fighting
- Iris warns Poseidon to stop fighting or Zeus will punish him
- Poseidon refuses to accept orders from Zeus
- Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades determine which third of the world they will each rule
- Iris cautions Poseidon to reconsider defying Zeus
- Poseidon agrees to remove himself from battle
- Poseidon warns Iris that if Zeus spares Troy, he, Hera, Athena, Hermes and Hephaestus will be very angry
- Zeus sends Apollo to rescue Hector and prepare him to rally the Trojans
- Apollo finds Hector lying on the battlefield and gives him strength to fight
- Thoas and the other Achaeans are shocked to see that Hector is still alive
- Thoas orders the main body of the Danaans back to the ships, while their best fighters try to stop Hector
- Hector and Apollo lead the Trojans in a march against the Achaeans
- Apollo renders the Achaeans too terrified and incompetent to fight
- Hector kills Stichius and Arkesilaos
- Aeneas kills Medon and Iasos
- Polydamas kills Mecisteus
- Polites kills Echios
- Agenor kills Clonius
- Paris kills Deiochus
- Apollo kicks down the wall of the Achaeans
- Nestor prays to Zeus not to grant victory to the Trojans
- Patroclus leaves Eurypylus’ side to encourage Achilles to fight
- Hector and Ajax fight over the same ship, but neither will relinquish the upper hand
- Ajax strikes Kaletor down
- Hector orders the Trojans, Lycians and Dardanians to recover Kaletor’s body
- Hector kills Lycophron
- Teucer kills Cleitus
- Teucer tries to shoot Hector, but Zeus turns his arrow aside
- Teucer puts aside his bow, and the Trojans take it as a sign that the gods favour them
- Hector kills Schedius
- Ajax kills Laodamas
- Polydamas kills Otus
- Meges kills Croesmus
- Meges and Menelaus kill Dolops
- Hector and Melanippus stop Meges and Menelaus from stripping Dolops of his armour
- Antilochus kills Melanippus
- Zeus inspires Hector and the Trojans to fight harder and set fire to the ships of the Achaeans
- Hector kills Periphetes
- Nestor tries to rally the Achaeans to stand against the Trojans
- Athena restores clarity to the sight of the Achaeans
- Ajax refuses to retreat and orders the Danaans to defend their ships
- Hector rushes the Achaean ships
- Hector captures the ship of Protesilaus
- Hector orders his men to bring fire to the Greek ships and raise the battle cry
- Ajax falls back from the Trojans and orders his men to fight
- Ajax kills twelve Trojans in a row for trying to bring fire to Hector at the ships
- Patroclus mourns the losses of the Argives and criticizes Achilles for not intervening
- Patroclus asks Achilles for his armour and some of his Myrmidons
- Achilles orders Patroclus to don his armour and frighten the Trojans away, but warns him not to engage them
- Ajax struggles to hold off the Trojans
- Hector attacks Ajax, breaking his spear
- Ajax retreats, believing Zeus has forsaken him
- The Trojans set fire to the ship of Protesilaus
- Chiron cuts an ashen spear atop a mountain and gives it to Peleus
- Podarge gives birth to the immortal horses, Xanthus and Balius
- Achilles goes amongst the Myrmidons and orders them to fight
- Achilles appoints Menesthius, Eudoros, Peisandros, Phoenix and Alkimedon as the leaders of his fifty ships
- Hermes seduces Polymele
- Polymele gives birth to Eudoros
- Achilles rallies the Myrmidons to fight the Trojans
- Achilles prays to Zeus for Patroclus to be victorious in driving off the Trojans
- Patroclus musters the Myrmidons to fight the Trojans
- The Trojans mistake Patroclus for Achilles and try to retreat
- Patroclus kills Pyraechmes
- Patroclus douses the fire on the ship of Protesilaus
- Patroclus kills Areilykos
- Menelaus kills Thoas
- Meges kills Amphiklos
- Antilochus kills Atymnios
- Thrasymedes kills Maris
- Ajax kills Kleoboulos
- Peneleos kills Lykon
- Ajax and Hector fight one another
- Hector flees the battle in his chariot, leaving the main body of the Trojans behind
- Patroclus chases after Hector, causing mayhem amongst the Trojans
- Patroclus kills Pronoos, Thestor, Erylaos, Erymas, Amphoteros, Epaltes, Tlepolemos, Echios, Pyris, Ipheus, Euippos, and Polymelos.
- Sarpedon and Patroclus fight in single combat
- Zeus and Hera debate Sarpedon’s fate
- Patroclus kills Thrasydemos
- Sarpedon asks Glaucus to rally the Lycians, and to prevent his armour from being taken when he dies
- Apollo heals Glaucus’ wound and enables him to fight
- Glaucus rallies the Lycians and the Trojans to defend the body of Sarpedon
- Hector leads the Trojans against the Danaans to avenge Sarpedon
- Patroclus urges the two Ajaxes to despoil the body of Sarpedon
- The Trojans and Lycians fight the Myrmidons and Achaeans over the body of Sarpedon
- Hector kills Epeigeus
- Patroclus kills Sthenelaos
- Glaucus kills Bathykles
- Meriones kills Laogonos
- Meriones and Aeneas taunt one another
- Zeus considers the best way to kill Patroclus
- Zeus withdraws his support from the Trojans
- Hector and the Trojans retreat back to the city
- Patroclus strips Sarpedon of his armour
- Patroclus gives Sarpedon’s armour to the Achaeans
- Apollo recovers Sarpedon’s body from the battlefield
- Apollo cleanses and anoints the body of Sarpedon
- Apollo takes the body of Sarpedon to Death and Sleep
- Death and Sleep return the body of Sarpedon to Lycia
- Patroclus pursues Hector
- Patroclus kills Adrastus, Autonoos, Echeklos, Perimos, Epistor, Melanippos, Elasus, Pylartes, and Moulios
- Patroclus tries four times to attack the walls of Troy
- Apollo warns Patroclus not to attack Troy
- Apollo, disguised as Asius, appears to Hector, and urges him to attack and kill Patroclus
- Hector orders Kebriones to rejoin the battle
- Apollo intensifies fear amongst the Argives
- Apollo bolsters the courage of Hector and the Trojans
- Patroclus kills Cebriones
- Hector and Patroclus fight over the body of Cebriones
- Hector and the Trojans fight Patroclus and the Achaeans over the body of Cebriones
- The Achaeans strip the armour from the body of Cebriones
- Patroclus kills nine Trojan men
- Apollo stuns Patroclus
- Patroclus tells Hector that he will die by the hand of Achilles
- Menelaus learns of Patroclus’ death
- Menelaus protects Patroclus’ body from the Trojans
- Euphorbus tries to get Patroclus’ body from Menelaus
- Menelaus kills Euphorbus and strips him of his armour
- Apollo incites Hector to get Achilles’ horses
- Hector rallies the Trojans to get Patroclus’ body
- Menelaus leaves Patroclus’ body to find Ajax
- Menelaus returns to Patroclus’ body with Ajax
- Hector strips Achilles’ armour from Patroclus’ body
- Hector retreats from fighting Ajax
- Glaukos rebukes Hector for retreating from Ajax
- Hector puts on Achilles’ armour
- The Trojans, Lycians, and Dardanians charge the Danaans
- Ajax, Idomeneus, and Meriones come to help protect Patroclus’ body
- Zeus sends a cloud to help protect the body of Patroclus
- Ajax kills Hippothoos and Phorkys
- Apollo, disguised as Periphas, encourages Aeneas to defend Troy
- Apollo recognizes Apollo in disguise
- Aeneas tells Hector and the Trojans that Zeus is on their side
- Aeneas kills Leiokritos
- Lycomedes kills Apisaon
- Automedon fails to get Achilles’ horses to return to the ships
- Alkimedon helps Automedon with Achilles’ horses
- Hector, Aeneas, and two Trojans try to get Achilles’ horses
- Automedon kills Aretos
- Automedon strips Aretos’ body of his armour
- Athena goes through the Achaean ranks to encourage them
- Athena fills Menelaus with strength
- Menelaus kills Podes
- Apollo tells Hector of Podes’ death
- Zeus causes panic amongst the Achaeans
- Polydamas strikes Peneleos
- Hector strikes Leitos in the hand
- Idomeneus strikes Hector in the chest
- Hector kills Koiranos
- Idomeneus flees to the ships
- Menelaus sends Antilochus to tell Achilles of Patroclus’ death
- Antilochus gives his armour to Laodocus
- Antilochus leaves the battlefield to find Achilles
- Menelaus and Meriones carry Patroclus’ body off the battlefield
- Achilles ponders the fate of Patroclus
- Antilochus tells Achilles that Patroclus is dead and that Hector has his armor
- Achilles, his captive bondswomen, and Antilochus are plunged into grief over the death of Patroclus
- Thetis mourns Achilles’ fate to the Nereids
- Thetis and the Nereids come up out of the sea to see Achilles
- Thetis and Achilles discuss his grief and certain impending death by Hector’s hand
- Thetis orders the Nereids to tell Nereus of Achilles’ fate
- Thetis tells Achilles not to rejoin the Achaeans until she seeks out Hephaestus to craft Achilles a suit of armor
- The two Ajaxes and Hector fight over the body of Patroclus
- Iris visits Achilles in secret to urge him to recover the body of Patroclus
- Athena gives Achilles her tasseled aegis and a helm fashioned from a golden cloud
- Achilles stands by the trench and shouts three times, confusing the Trojans
- Twelve Trojan champions fall, and the Achaeans are able to recover the body of Patroclus
- Hera makes the sun set so that the Achaeans receive a break from fighting
- Polydamas advises the Trojans that they retreat to the city for the night
- Hector asserts that the Trojans should remain where they are, and the Trojans, robbed of their sense by Athena, concur
- Achilles and the Achaeans mourn Patroclus throughout the night
- Achilles swears vengeance on Hector and the Trojans for Patroclus’ death
- The Achaeans clean and prepare the body of Patroclus
- Zeus and Hera discuss her attachment to the Achaeans
- Thetis visits the house of Hephaestus, and begs him to make armour for Achilles
- Hephaestus forges a shield and armor for Achilles
- Thetis takes the armor Hephaestus crafted and leaves Olympus
- Thetis brings Achilles the armour Hephaestus made for him
- Thetis protects Patroclus’ body from decay
- Thetis sends Achilles to reconcile with Agamemnon
- Achilles calls an assembly in the Greek camp
- Achilles proclaims the end of his anger towards Agamemnon
- Agamemnon blames Ate for his fight with Achilles
- Agamemnon recounts the birth of Hercules
- Zeus vows that his descendant will rule the world
- Hera delays Alcmena’s labour
- Hera forces the premature birth of Eurystheus
- Hera tells Zeus about Eurystheus’ birth
- Zeus throws Hera off Mount Olympus in anger
- Agamemnon offers Achilles gifts
- Achilles wants to go to battle immediately
- Odysseus asks Achilles to let the men eat before battle
- Odysseus tells Agamemnon to host a feast for Achilles
- Achilles refuses to eat until he avenges Patroclus
- Seven Achaeans retrieve Briseis and the gifts from Agamemnon’s tent to give to Achilles
- Agamemnon kills a boar as an offering to Zeus
- Talthybius throws the sacrificial boar’s head into the sea
- Briseis cries over Patroclus’ dead body
- The women in the Greek camp join in Briseis’ lament
- The Achaeans beg Achilles to eat
- Zeus sends Athena to stop Achilles from feeling hunger
- Athena gives Achilles ambrosia nectar to prevent hunger
- Achilles puts on the armour crafted for him by Hephaestus
- Achilles draws Peleus’ spear of Pelian ash
- Automedon and Alkimos prepare Achilles horses and chariot
- Achilles mounts his chariot behind Automedon
- Achilles rebukes his horses for leaving Patroclus to die
- Xanthus prophecizes Achilles’ imminent death
- Achilles drives into battle
- Meriones kilss Harpalion
- Ajax kills Satnios
- Polydamas kills Prothoenor
- Polydamas kills Archelochus
- Acamas kills Promachus
- Promachus comes from Boeotia
- Peneleos kills Ilioneus
- Stichius comes from Athens
- Iasus comes from Athens
- Hector kills Schedius
- Otus comes from Cyllene
- King Euphetes gives Phyleus a metal corselet
- Melanippus farm cattle in Perkote
- Priam treats Melanippus as one of his sons
- Ajax wounds Hyrtios
- Antilochus kills Phalces
- Antilochus kills Mermerus
- Meriones kills Morys
- Meriones kills Hippotion
- Teucer kills Prothoon
- Menelaus kills Hyperenor
- Meriones kills Acamas
- Idomeneus Kills Erymas
- Epeigeus kills Agakles
- Thetis and Peleus send Epeigeus to join the Myrmidons
- Bathykles comes from Hellas
- Laogonos is a priest of Zeus of Mount Ida
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