Contents

Chapter Page I [The Greeks March Against Troy—Agamemnon Quarrels with Achilles] 11 II [Thetis Promises to Aid the Angry Achilles and Begs Jupiter’s Assistance—Juno is Angry—Agamemnon and the Other Princes Summon the Greeks to Battle] 21 III [Meeting of the Armies—Menelaus and Paris—Agamemnon Leads the Greeks into Battle] 28 IV [Continuation of the Battle—The Gods Take Part] 38 V [The Greeks are Successful—Hector Hastens to the City—Glaucus and Diomedes, Hector and Andromache] 46 VI [Hector and Ajax in Single Combat—A Truce—Another Battle at the Ships] 53 VII [Agamemnon Advises Flight—Council of the Princes—A Deputation is Sent to Achilles] 63 VIII [Agamemnon in Battle—Many of the Greeks are Wounded] 71 IX [Agamemnon Consoled—The Gods Take Part in the Strife and the Trojans are Driven Back] 82 X [Jupiter’s Message to Poseidon—The Battle for the Ships] 90 XI [Patroclus Hastens into Battle and Scatters the Trojans—Hector and Patroclus] 97 XII [The Fight for Patroclus’ Body—Achilles Mourns His Fallen Friend—Thetis and Vulcan—The Shield of Achilles] 104 XIII [Achilles and Agamemnon Become Reconciled—Achilles Goes into Battle] 115 XIV [Achilles in Battle—His Fight on the River Scamander] 120 XV [Hector and Achilles—Hector’s Death] 131 XVI [Priam and Achilles—Hector’s Burial in Troy] 139