Supplication. Plague. Quarrel.
Book 2
Greeks and Trojans get ready for battle.
Book 3
Paris single combat with Menelaus.
Book 4
Quarrel among the gods.
Book 5
Athena helps Diomedes. He injures Aphrodite and Ares.
Book 6
Andromache begs Hector not to fight.
Book 7
Ajax and Hector fight, but neither wins. Paris refuses to give up Helen.
Book 8
2nd battle; Greeks beaten back.
Book 9
Agamemnon returns Briseis to Achilles.
Book 10
Odysseus and Diomedes capture a Trojan spy.
Book 11
Nestor urges Patroclus to persuade Achilles to lend him his armor and his men.
Book 12
Trojans get through Greek walls.
Book 13
Poseidon helps the Greeks.
Book 14
Largely through the shenanigans of the gods, the Trojans are driven back. Hector is wounded.
Book 15
Apollo sent to heal Hector. Hector burns Greek ships.
Book 16
Achilles lets Patroclus wear his armor and lead his Myrmidons. Hector kills Patroclus.
Book 17
Achilles learns Patroclus is dead.
Book 18
Achilles mourns. Shield of Achilles.
Book 19
Reconciled with Agamemnon, Achilles agrees to lead the Greeks.
Book 20
Gods join the battle. Hera, Athena, Poseidon, Hermes, and Hephaestus for the Greeks. Apollo, Artemis, Ares, and Aphrodite for the Trojans.
Book 21
Achilles winning. Trojans retreat.
Book 22
Hector and Achilles meet in single combat. Death of Hector.
Book 23
Funeral Games for Patroclus.
Book 24
Hector desecration, return, and burial.
For more complete summaries, see
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book I
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book II
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book IV
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book V
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book VI
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book VII
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book VIII
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book IX
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book X
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XI
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XII
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XIII
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XIV
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XV
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XVI
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XVII
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XVIII
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XIX
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XX
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XXI
Summary and Main Characters of the Iliad Book XXII
