Zeus wakes and sees the havoc that hera and poseidon have wreaked while he dozed in his enchanted sleep. The scene between hera and zeus in book 14 does little to advance the plot of the poem, as zeus has already departed the scene of battle and ceased to support the trojans. The iliad sparknotes literature guide by sparknotes book read. In book viii, the achaian, teucer, hides behind the shield of aias and kills several trojans with his arrows. She promises to look after patrocluss body and keep it from. Macbeth by william shakespeare read free book online. Paris, the trojan prince who precipitated the war by. The war had raged for ten years, with the invading greeks fighting against troy.
To help the trojans, as promised, zeus sends a false dream to agamemnon in which a figure in the form of nestor persuades agamemnon that he. With the gods absent, the achaean forces again overwhelm the trojans, who draw back. Euphorbus, the trojan who first speared him, tries to strip him of achilles armor but is killed by menelaus. The scene opens on the last year of the trojan war. Read the iliad sparknotes literature guide by sparknotes for free with a 30 day free trial. Home english literature classic books the iliad book xiii navigate here note book i book ii book iii book iv book v book vi book vii book viii book ix book x book xi book xii book xiii book xiv book xv book xvi book xvii book xviii book xix book xx book xxi book xxii book xxiii book xxiv. Nestor is debating whether he should go join the battle himself, or whether he should go report to agamemnon. But, by afternoon, they have begun to make progress.
This style of fighting is unusual in the iliad and seems almost dishonorable compared to. The wounded kings, the son of tydeus, ulysses, and agamemnon son. Home english literature classic books the iliad book xiv navigate here note book i book ii book iii book iv book v book vi book vii book viii book ix book x book xi book xii book xiii book xiv book xv book xvi book xvii book xviii book xix book xx book xxi book xxii book xxiii book xxiv. Home english literature classic books the iliad book xxii navigate here note book i book ii book iii book iv book v book vi book vii book viii book ix book x book xi book xii book xiii book xiv book xv book xvi book xvii book xviii book xix book xx book xxi book xxii book xxiii book xxiv. The next morning, zeus rains blood upon the achaean lines, filling them with panic. Athena and hera also depart the scene of the battle. Summary read an overview of the entire poem or a line by line summary and analysis.
Besides, this duncan hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been so clear in his great office, that his virtues will plead like angels, trumpettongued, against the deep damnation of his takingoff. And pity, like a naked newborn babe, striding the blast, or heavens cherubim, horsed. The trojan army marches from the city gates and advances to meet the achaeans. After hes done helping the injured healer machaon, nestor steps out of the tent to see how the battles going.