The Illiad Books Flashcards
Iliad Book 1
Achilles dishonored and angry; Zeus promise to Thetis (supplication), Apollo caused plague for the taking of Chryseis, Nestor intervenes between Achilles and Agamemnon,
Iliad Book 2
Evil dream; Achaians prepare for war, Agam tells Argives to abandon Troy, Thersites (bad, ugly) speaks vs. Odysseus; Odysseus beats him, list of ships
Iliad Book 3
Single combat: Menelaus and Paris; Helen on Achaian warriors (+ Helen & Paris) (Helen is so fuckjing done), Aphrodite makes Paris disappear,
Iliad Book 4
Trojans’ ‘betrayal’: war reignites, Athene persuades Pandarus to throw an arrow to Menelaus, Agamemnon inspects troops and insults Odysseus
Iliad Book 5
Diomedes (wounds Aeneas, Aphrodite & Ares), Pandarus hits Diomedes, Diomedes kills him, Fights Aeneas, Aphrodite interferes, Diomedes stabs her, Apollo saves Aeneas, Dio tries to stab three times, Ares tries to hit Diomedes, Athene intervenes, Dio hits Ares in the stomach
Iliad Book 6
Hector (visits Andromache & Astyanax), Glaucus Diomedes dont fight, H sends women to temple of Athena
Iliad Book 7
Single combat: Hector and Aias (truce for burying corpses), heralds stop single combat, is tie, Nestor gets Achaians to build trenches and a wall to protect ships
Iliad Book 8
Zeus’ scales: Achaian heavy losses, Zeus says no more interference, Diomedes rescues Nestor, Agamemnon weeps, prophecy from Zeus of Patroclus’s death,
Iliad Book 9
Expedition to Achilles, Odysseus-Achilles-Phoenix-Telamonian Aias , doesnt work
Iliad Book 10
Missions (Diomedes & Odysseus; Dolon),
Iliad Book 11
War - Agamemnon main focus, gets wounded, Odysseus gets wounded, Machaon wounded, Diomedes wounded, Eurypylus wounded, Achilleus sends Patroclos to Nestor shelter,
Iliad Book 12
War -Poulydamos, Sarpedon first to storm gate,
Iliad Book 13
War - Poseidon,
Iliad Book 14
War - Hera seduces Zeus,
Iliad Book 15
War - Zeus/Hector fury, Zeus wakes up, knows how the Achilles, Patroclos, Hector going to end, NO MORE GODS