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