Events mentioned in: Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Hector & Ajax

  1. Paris kills Menesthius
  2. Hector kills Eioneus
  3. Glaucus kills Iphinous
  4. Athena and Apollo discuss how to end the fighting between the Trojans and the Achaeans
  5. Helenus divines the counsel of the gods
  6. Helenus tells Hector that he must challenge the best man among the Achaeans to fight him
  7. Hector challenges the Achaeans to send forth a champion to fight him
  8. Menelaus reproaches the Achaeans for their cowardice
  9. Menelaus prepares to fight Hector, but Agamemnon talks him out of it
  10. Nestor tells the Achaeans that none of them have what it takes to face Hector
  11. Lycurgus kills Areithous
  12. Lycurgus gives Areithous’ armour to his squire, Ereuthalion
  13. Nestor kills Ereuthalion
  14. Agamemnon, Diomedes, the two Ajaxes, Idomeneus, Meriones, Eurypylus, Thoas, and Odysseus all rise to challenge Hector
  15. Nestor tells Agamemnon, Diomedes, the two Ajaxes, Idomeneus, Meriones, Eurypylus, Thoas, and Odysseus to cast lots to decide who will be the Achaean champion
  16. Ajax is selected as the Achaean champion who will fight Hector
  17. The Achaean chieftains pray to Zeus
  18. Hector and Ajax engage in single combat
  19. Talthybius and Idaios stop the battle between Hector and Ajax
  20. Hector and Ajax cease their duel and exchange gifts as a gesture of friendship
  21. Hector returns to the Trojan host
  22. Ajax returns to the Achaean host
  23. Agamemnon sacrifices a bull to Zeus and gives Ajax prime cuts of the meat as a special honour
  24. Nestor urges Agamemnon and the other Achaean chieftains to collect and burn their dead
  25. Antenor argues that the Trojans should return Helen and her wealth to the Achaeans
  26. Paris refuses to give up Helen to the Achaeans, but agrees to return her wealth as well as some of his own
  27. Priam warns the Trojans to be wary, and names Idaios as the messenger who will deliver Paris’ offer of restoration to Menelaus and Agamemnon
  28. Idaios delivers Paris’ offer of restoration to the Achaean chieftains
  29. Diomedes rejects Paris’ offer to restore the treasure of Helen to the Achaeans
  30. Agamemnon tells Idaios that he will not accept Paris’ attempted restitution
  31. Idaios returns to the council of the Trojans and Dardanians and relays the message of Agamemnon
  32. The Trojans and the Argives begin preparing a funeral pyre for their dead
  33. The Trojans and the Achaeans declare a temporary truce as both hosts burn their dead in silence
  34. The Achaeans build a high wall
  35. The gods marvel at the construction of the Achaean wall
  36. Poseidon worries that the Achaean wall will cause mortals to turn away from the aid of the gods
  37. Zeus dismisses the concerns of Poseidon
  38. Euneus sends wine to Agamemnon and Menelaus
  39. The Achaeans put on a banquet and feast for an entire night
  40. The Trojans put on a banquet and feast for an entire night with their allies
  41. Zeus roars with thunder
  42. Menesthius comes from Arne
  43. Glaucus comes from Lycia
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