

Of the single combat between Alas and Hector, and of the burying of the dead, and the building of a wall about the Achaian ships. And how Hector returning to the city bade farewell to Andromache his wife.

How Diomedes and Glaukos, being about to fight, were known to each other, and parted in friendliness. How Diomedes by his great valour made havoc of the Trojans, and wounded even Aphrodite and Ares by the help of Athene. How Pandaros wounded Menelaos by treachery and Agamemnon exhorted his chief captains to battle. And how Helen and Priam beheld the Achaian host from the walls of Troy. How Menelaos and Paris fought in single combat and Aphrodite rescued Paris. And of the names and numbers of the hosts of the Achaians and the Trojans. How Zeus beguiled Agamemnon by a dream and of the assembly of the Achaians and their marching forth to battle.

Contents Prefatory Note Note to Revised Edition Notes to the Reader How Agamemnon and Achilles fell out at the siege of Troy and Achilles withdrew himself from battle, and won from Zeus a pledge that his wrong should be avenged on Agamemnon and the Achaians.
