The Iliad of Homer

Battle rages at the wall, which gods later will destroy; the Trojans keep attacking, despite an omen; Sarpedon speaks to Glaukos; Ajax and Teukros fight, and Hektor breaks the gate.

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Agamemnon rampages and is wounded; Paris and Sokos wound Diomédes, Odysseus, Macháon, and Eurÿpylos; Achilles sends Patróklos to question Nestor, who urges him to enter the battle.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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After telling a deceptive dream, Agamemnon orders withdrawal; Odysseus halts it, then scourges Thersites for abusing Agamemnon; the lords rouse the army. Catalog of Achaians and Trojans.

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