Book I
3- Agamemnon makes Apollo mad- he sent disease upon the Greek camp- A bunch of people die
A priest come to beg ransom for his daughter (Chryseis) he says he hopes they can defeat Troy, but let her go. The people agree, but
4- Agamemnon tells him to go, he won’t release her. He leaves but prays to Apollo. Apollo starts shooting arrows at the Achaians, killing lots of them.
Achilles calls a meeting (Hera told him to) let’s find out why Apollo is mad
5- Calchas (kind of like a psychic) I will tell you (Achilles) why Apollo is angry, but protect me because it is going to make Agamemnon mad
Cachas explains that Apollo is angry with Agamemnon for not accepting ransom- give her back Apollo will get happy
Agamemnon gets mad at Calchas
6- Agamemnon says he will keep her and take her home..ok I will give her back, but you better have something good to replace her because I don’t want to be the only one without something
Achilles says we aren’t going to give you our stuff, but you can have extra stuff when we take Troy
Agamemnon- I will just take your prize- go ahead and take her home
7- Achilles- I don’t ever get good stuff but I do most of the fighting even though this war has nothing to do with me..I’m leaving
Agamemnon- go ahead and go, take your men (Myrmidons) but I’m coming to take Briseis (Achilles’s girl prize) because I’m stronger than you
8- Achilles starts to draw on Agamemnon, but Athena stops him on orders of Hera
Athena tells him to chill and he will get a better offer soon- give her to Agamemnon
Ok- Athena leaves
9- Achilles calls Agamemnon a bitch and a coward tells him he doesn’t ever fight- You don’t respect me (throws a childish fit)
Nestor gives advice
10- Achilles calm down- Agamemnon, let him keep his Briseis
They (Achilles and Agamemnon) are fighting like little kids
Odysseus sets sail to take Chryseis home
11- Agamemnon orders his servants to go take Briseis from Achilles- Achilles gives her up but throws a fit and cries to his Mommy (Thetis) ~I was born to die young~
12- She joins him- He tells her the story – Go tell Zeus
13- Ask Zeus to help the Trojans so they will respect me..ok, but keep clear of battle
14- prayers and offerings to Apollo
15- Thetis tells Zeus the story- help him
I will help even though Hera will be mad- she says I help the Trojan to win
16- Hera jumps on Zeus about doing stuff behind her back- I saw Thetis
17- Hephaestus tells Hera to leave Zeus alone because he can’t protect her
Book II
18- Zeus calls a bad dream to go to Agamemnon- Arm your men, you can now take Troy (dream takes on the shape of Nestor)
19- Agamemnon calls a meeting- tells of the dream
21- Agamemnon tells the guys they’re going home. Hera sees and gets irritated
22- She tells Athena to stop them- Athena talks to Odysseus. The men gather again.
23- men are mad at Agamemnon- he has it all
24- Odysseus calms them (hits a guy with a sceptre)
25- Odysseus reminds of the miracle (serpent and chicks- tells that they will win in the 10th year)
26- Nestor says let those who want to go go and the rest of us fight
27- Agamemnon suggests that he and Achilles should make up
28- Agamemnon assembles the troops
30-35- Names all that were there and who their leaders are and where they came from
36- Iris goes to the Trojans with a message from Zeus
37- Iris tells then that the Greeks are coming- get ready
38-39-Names those in the Trojan army
Book III
39- Battle begins- Paris challenges any man
40- He slinks back from Menolaos- Hector talks smack to Paris- Paris says you’re right
41- I should battle Menolaos- Hector tells the Achaians of Paris’s suggestion
Menolaos agrees- winner takes Helen
42- Iris tells Helen what’s happening
43- Priam asks Helen about Agamemnon and Odysseus
44- Priam asks about Aias
45- offerings and prayers to Zeus (whoever wins takes Helen and her wealth)
46- Prayers…Priam can’t watch and leaves…ready the field for the duel
47- They fight…Aphrodite saves Paris- carries him off to Helen’s bedroom
48- Aphrodite (in the form of an old woman) finds Helen and tells her that Paris awaits her
Helen ticks Aphrodite off- goes home- Tells Paris she wished that he had died
49- She tells him not to fight Menolaos again
Menolaos looks for Paris
Agamemnon declares Menolaos the winner
Book IV
49- gods watching the action
50- Zeus suggests they end the war- Hera gets mad- they fight
51- Hera suggests that they send Athena to help them along in the fighting (get the Trojans to renege on the agreement by keeping Helen)
Athena goes
52- She finds Pandaros (Trojan) and convinces him to take a shot at Menelaos- He shoots
53- Athena saves Menelaos, but he is still shot (not too bad though)
Agamemnon- Oh Brother! Don’t Die!
54- I’m ok, don’t scare everyone
Talthybios goes to get the doctor (Machaon)
55- Machaon dresses the wound- Agamemnon gives orders to the men for battle
56- The Trojans broke the oath!
56-57- Agamemnon is giving the guys individual pep talks
58- Agamemnon ticks off Odysseus- He calls some of the men lazy cowards
59- Sthenelos and Diomedes fight back against Agamemnon- At this they are all riled up
60- Terror, Discord, and Rout (chaotic retreat) are personified
Battle begins
Archilochos (G) kills Echepolas (T)
Elphenor (T) tries to steal his armor but Agenor (G) kills him
Aias (G) kills Simoeisios (T)
61- Antiphos (T) kills Leucos (G)
Odysseus (G) kills Democoon (T) (Priam’s son)
Apollo gives the Trojans a pep talk
Peiros (T) kills Diores (G)
62- Thoas (G) kills Peiros (T)
Book V
62- Athena helps out Diomedes (G) (gives him courage)
Phegus and Idaios (T) go out in a chariot to kill Diomedes- They miss
63- Diomedes kills Phegus- Idaios jumps out of the chariot. Diomedes goes to kill him, but Hephaestus saves him (disappear)
Athena tells Ares that they should stay out of it and let Zeus decide who should win. They go- Battle keeps on
64- Diomedes is fighting like crazy-Pandaros shoots him in the shoulder
65- Sthenelos pulls the arrow out- Diomedes prays to Athena
Athena tells him not to fight any god, bit if he sees Aphrodite, he can run her through
Diomedes goes on a rampage- kills a bunch of Trojans
66- Aineas asks Pandatos why he’s not trying to kill Diomedes
Pandaros says I tried, but he must have a god helping him
67- Pandaros says he doesn’t have a chariot- wish I did- I apparently am no good with my bow and arrows and when I get home I will destroy them
Aineas tells him to get in his chariot and they will fight together
68- Sthenelos warns Diomedes, Diomedes insists they keep going and says he wants Aineas’s horses
Pandaros throws his spear and hits Diomedes
69- Only his shield is hit- Diomedes throws a speat at Pandaros and it goes straight through his head
Aineas jumps out to save the body of Pandaros- Diomedes crushes him with a rock
Aphrodite carries Aineas off- Diomedes chases
70- Diomedes stabs Aphrodite in the hand- Apollo save Aineas
Diomedes tells Aphrodite to leave the battle- Iris helps her out
Aphrodite cries to Ares- I want to go home; this hurts
He gives her his chariot; Iris drives her home. She cries to Mommy (Dione) Diomedes bullied me.
71- Leave it be- Diomedes will get his
72- Athena makes fun of Aphrodite- Zeus tells Aphrodite to stay out of it. Meanwhile, Diomedes is still trying to kill Aineas. Apollo won’t let him. Apollo threatens Diomedes- Apollo carries Aineas off to be healed by Leto and Artemis
Apollo makes a fake Aineas and tells Ares to stop Diomedes.
73- Ares disguises himself as a Trojan and rallies the Trojans- basically by telling them that they are letting the Greeks win
Hector is inspired and rallies the troops again.
74- Ares was helping the Trojans- Athena was helping the Greeks- Aineas comes back healed
75- Fight continues-Ares is helping Hector- Diomedes talks crap abut him needing a god to help
76- Battle ensues
77- Odysseus goes on killing a bunch of guys- Hector gets enraged
78- Hector kills a bunch of guys-Hera and Athena ready to for battle (Help Greeks)
79- Hera and Athena go out on the field
80- Athena asks Diomedes if he is tired or scared- No, but Ares is in charge and you told me not to fight a god. - She tells him to drive at Ares- I’ll help you
81- Athena saves Diomedes from Ares’s spear, helps him stab Ares- Ares runs back to Olympus
Ares whines to Zeus about Athena
82- Zeus calls him a whiner, says he hates him, but I’ll heal you just because you are my kid
Book VI
82- Battle rages on
83- Menelaos takes a man alove is about to let him go
84- Agamemnon changes Menelaos’s mind and Menelaos kills him
Nestor tells them to stop stripping the bodies, we’ll do that later
Aineas and Hector get a pep talk
85- Hector encourages the men
85-87 The story of Glaucos’s lineage
87- Diomedes says we are buds
88- Let’s switch armor- They do
Hector goes to the Trojan palace- mom tries to give him wine
89- No, no, you take all your women and pray and sacrifice to Athena to get her to stop Diomedes
(says he wishes that Paris would just die)
They pray, Athena refuses
90- Hector finds Paris- come fight
I know, I’m coming
Helen says(to Hector) she wished she had been killed instead of starting this war and Paris sucks- have a seat
91- Can’t stay, gotta find my wife, make sure he follows me
He finds his wife and son
92- Don’t go back, Achilles already killed my whole family- Don’t make us widow and orphan
He says I must fight even though I know they will win eventually
93- I couldn’t bear it if you were taken off to be a slave girl
He tries to hug his son- son is scared- they laugh, he takes off his helmet. Hector prays to Zeus that his son will be a better warrior than himself. He tells his wife that he will go to his grave if he is meant to
94- Hector sends wife and son home- He turns to go back to battle- Paris catches up with him.
Book VII
95- Hector and Paris rejoin the battle
Apollo suggests peace for the day to Athena- Athena agrees
96- Apollo tells Hector to challlenge the Greeks- He does
97- Nobody says anything, so Menelaos gets mad and decides to fight- Agamemnon changes his mind
98- Nestor tells a story to taunt the men- If I was younger, I’d fight- 9 men stand
99- They basically draw straws- Aias is drawn
He’s proud- I will win- pray to Zeus for victory- Aias readies himself and Hector is scared
100- They exchange a few words (Hector and Aias)
They fight- Aias stabs Hector in the neck- They throw rocks at eachother
101- Aias knocks Hector down, but Apollo rights him
Night falls, they decide to stop fighting, give gifts as kind of an oath
102- The Greeks feast, decide to build gates and a moat after they burn the bodies of the fallen soldiers
The Trojans gather- Antenor suggests that they give Helen back
Paris balks- I will give up my riches, but never Helen
103- Go tomorrow and present the proposal to Menelaos (please keep truce until the dead are burned)
The Greeks decline- at this point not even for Helen- we will win- but we will keep peace until the dead are burned
104- All burn their dead
The Greeks build their gates and moat
Poseidon is mad that they did all that work with no sacrifice
105- Leave the Greeks alone until this war is over says Zeus
Book VIII
105- Zeus calls a meeting. Do as I say
106- No god(dess) shall help either side or he will punish
Athena says she is still going to give advice and Zeus says ok (he tells Athena he was kidding)
He goes to Mt. Ida to watch
107- Fight ensues
Zeus sends a light among the Greeks
Nestor can’t move, Paris shot his horse
Hector almost gets Nestor, but Diomedes pulls up to save him
108- Nestor kills Hector’s driver
Zeus shoots a bolt at Diomedes car, Diomedes doesn’t want to run
109- Hector heckles the Greeks with all kinds of threats feeling big and bad because Zeus helped him
110- Hera asks Poseidon to help, he refuses
Hera gets Agamemnon to talk to the Greeks
111- He prays to Zeus, who feels sorry for him sends an eagle as an omen
They start fighting back again
Teucros kills a bunch of people, makes Agamemnon happy
112- Teucros can’t hit Hector because Apollo was making his arrows swerve and then Hector kills Teucros
113- Zeus helps Trojans again
Hera yells at Athena for not stopping Hector
Athena wishes him dead- says that Daddy forgot all she did to help Hercules and only cares about Thetis right now
114- Athena says let’s go surprise the Trojans
Zeus sends Iris to tell them to stop- He is more angry with Athena because Hera does it all the time
115- Hera- we better not fight, let whatever happens happen- both unhappy though
Zeus goes home tells the girls it’s a good thing they stopped
Hera yells at him
116- Zeus tells Hera that at dawn she will see even more Greeks die at the hands of Hector
Hector pulls back the Trojans and they rest
117- Hector- keep fires burning to keep the enemy away at night
He wishes that he were an immortal worshipped like Apollo and Athena and says he will kill Diomedes tomorrow