Books 5-14 Flashcards
Book 5
Athena gives diomedes strength and he starts killing trojans while athena leads ares away from the battle. Pandarus shoots an arrow at diomedes and hits his shoulder. diomedes prays to athena who gives him his father’s strength. She also gives him the power to see other gods and tells him to steer clear of them except for aphrodite. If he sees aphrodite he should hurt her. Seeing diomedes fury aeneas seeks out pandarus to shoot diomedes. Pandarus tells him he already shot him and he must have a god on his side. They board aenus’s chariot and seek out diomedes. Sthenelus tells diomedes of pandarus and aenus’s chariot and to give them ground, diomedes says no and that athena will grant the victor. He kills pandarus and aenu’s jumps and protects his corpse. diomedes hits him with a boulder and knocks him out. Aphrodite then protects his body from harm. diomedes gouges her wrists with a spear. Aphrodite flies to mt olympus using ares’s horses. then her mother Dione comforts her. Apollo protects Aeneas’s body and diomedes charges at him trying to get aeneas army and fails. Apollo lifts aeneas to the sacred mountain pergamos were artemis and leto heal his wounds. Apollo creates a phantom of aeneas, everyone swarms the fake body battling for his armor. Apollo calls ares to fight with him asking him to remove diomedes. Trojan ally sarpedon taunts hector. Aeneas returns to battle. Sarpedon kills tlepolemus but gets injured. After odysseus sees his death he sends men to kill sarpedons men. He is almost killed and hector pushes past him. Hera and Athena, seeing the Achaeans pushed back, harness Hera’s chariot and put on their armor. They appeal to Zeus to help the Achaeans, and he allows them to do so. They fly to the battlefield, and Hera gives courage to the Achaean forces. Athena goes to Diomedes and reminds him of her protection, criticizing his fear. Diomedes replies that Ares is dominating the battle. Athena gets into Diomedes’ chariot and the pair charges Ares. With Athena’s help, Diomedes spears Ares, who shrieks and flies away to Olympus. On Olympus, Ares displays his wound to Zeus, complaining of Athena’s violence and of Diomedes’ attacks on the gods. Zeus replies that he hates Ares most of all the gods, and that his injury is the will of his mother Hera. Zeus remarks that if Ares were not his son, he would banish him from Olympus. Ares’ wound is treated and washed. Hera and Athena return to Olympus, having successfully turned back the Trojans.
Book 6
The battle continues on. Helenius a seer tells aeneas and hector to rally troops. he tells hector to go back to troy and organize a sacrifice to athena. Hector obeys. Glaucus and Diomedes meet and become friends. Hector returns to troy and tells everyone to pray to the gods. he goes to his mother Hecuba- he tells her to prepare a large sacrifice but athena rejects it. Hector finds paris and him and helen berate him for his lack of courage. He finds andromache and astyanax. (I know about all this). Hector returns to battle while everyone mourns him. Paris joins hector in battle
Book 7
Hector and paris come back to battle. Athena goes to help the achaeans but apollo interupts her and asks her to help him end combat for the day. Athena agrees, and Apollo devises a plan. In the guise of Helenus, Apollo tells Hector to challenge the Achaeans to fight him in single combat. Hector approaches the Achaean lines and issues his challenge to any Achaean strong enough to fight him. No one is brave enough except for menelaus until agamemnon tells him he will get killed. Nestor speaks to the troops recounting his old victories and nine people step up. Ajax is chosen to fight. He prays to zeus. Ajax kicks hectors butt until heralds come and end the fight. They end the duel and exchange gifts. Achaeans sacrifice to Zeus. Nestor asks for the next day to be dedicated to burying the dead.On the troy side they must give up helen and treasure but paris refuses to give up helen. priam suggests he talk to the achaeans. They reject paris’s offer but they agree to a truce to bury the dead. On Olympus, Poseidon is angered that the Achaeans are building fortifications without sacrificing to the gods. Zeus calms him, and tells him that he may destroy the fortifications as soon as the war is ended. The Achaeans finish the fortifications, take their meal, and fall asleep.
Book 14
In his tent, Nestor discusses the battle with the wounded Machaon. Nestor leaves his tent and immediately sees the carnage surrounding the Achaean camp. He meets the wounded captains Agamemnon, Odysseus, and Diomedes. Agamemnon, afraid that Hector’s forces will prevail, suggests again that the Achaeans should sail for home. Odysseus harshly criticizes Agamemnon, telling him to keep quiet for fear that the soldiers might hear and lose their courage. Diomedes, though the youngest, asserts his place among the captains and advises that although they are injured, they can still help rouse the men into battle.
Poseidon joins the trojans On Olympus, Hera watches the actions of Poseidon and is pleased. She plots to help her brother by further diverting Zeus’ attention away from Troy. Hera decides to dress in all of her finery and enchant Zeus with her beauty. She bathes, perfumes her body, and puts on her best robes. Hera goes to Aphrodite and asks her for a favor. Aphrodite agrees, and Hera tells her that she plans to reconcile two Titans who no longer make love. Deceived by Hera’s lie, Aphrodite lends her a magical breast band that will make any man feel love and longing for its wearer. Hera takes the breast band from Aphrodite. Hera flies to the dwelling places of the god Sleep. She asks the god to put Zeus to sleep for her, and Sleep is initially resistant. He recalls that he once performed the same task for Hera, and that Zeus nearly punished him severely for it. However, Hera promises Sleep one of the Graces as a wife, a young goddess that Sleep has longed for. Sleep agrees to put Zeus to sleep. Hera flies to Mount Ida, where Zeus is enthroned. Sleep hides nearby in the form of a bird, waiting to perform his task. As soon as Zeus sees Hera, he lusts after her. Hera tells him the same lie about reconciling the two Titans, and Zeus tells her not to hurry, suggesting that they make love instead. Hera puts up a token resistance, but Zeus wraps them in a cloud of gold while they make love. Afterward, Sleep causes Zeus to slumber. Sleep sends word to Poseidon that Zeus is asleep and that he may do as he pleases. Poseidon orders the Achaeans to take up larger shields and move forward. The Trojans and Achaeans collide once again, and Hector and Great Ajax engage each other. Hector cannot pierce Ajax’s armor, but Ajax hurls an enormous boulder at Hector, bowling him over and nearly knocking him out. The Trojan captains surround Hector and drag him clear of the fighting. They splash water on his face and Hector vomits, overwhelmed by the blow. The Aeantes continue their onslaught, and the two sides trade kills, taunting each other over the bodies that fall. Eventually, the strength of the Achaeans prevails, and the Trojans are routed back toward their city.
book 15
Zeus awakes from his slumber and sees the catastrophe created in his absence. Feeling pity for Hector, he curses Hera for her disobedience, promising to punish her. Hera, trying to escape blame, swears that she did not make Poseidon help the Achaeans. Zeus accepts her oaths and tells her they must reign in Poseidon. He asks Hera to summon Iris and Apollo. Iris will send a message to Poseidon, telling him to stand down. Apollo will rouse Hector and give him new strength to lead the Trojan charge. Zeus tells Hera that his plan is simply to bring Achilles back into battle, and that Troy will eventually fall to the Achaeans.
