CLAS 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter All: Metalsmith, Reminiscing, Asteropaios
5 Oct 2018
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Homer, iliad: summary of books 10-21 (from sparknotes) Summary: book 10 night raid of achaeans against trojans. Summary: book 11 the next morning, zeus rains blood upon the achaean lines, filling them with panic; they suffer a massacre during the first part of the day. But, by afternoon, they have begun to make progress. Agamemnon, splendidly armed, cuts down man after man and beats the. Zeus sends iris to tell hector that he must wait until. Agamemnon is wounded and then begin his attack. Agamemnon soon receives his wound at the hands of coon, antenor"s son, just after killing coon"s brother. The injured agamemnon continues fighting and kills coon, but his pain eventually forces him from the field. Hector recognizes his cue and charges the achaean line, driving it back. The achaeans panic and stand poised to retreat, but the words of odysseus and diomedes imbue them with fresh courage. Diomedes then hurls a spear that hits hector"s helmet.
