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The Iliad is a poem divided into twenty-four books, about Troy, written in the late eighth or early seventh century B. C. by Homer. The saga is about the tenth year of a war between the Greeks and the Trojans, around 1200 B. C. , and takes place before the city of Troy. While the Greeks are stood by the walls of Troy, the King, Agamemnon, does not want to return his captive Chryseis to the priest of Apollo, her father. As the Greeks persevere in their demand, Agamemnon finally agrees, but takes Briseis from Achilleus in her place. Therefore, both Achilleus and his men withdraw from the fight against the Trojans. The battle continues with the involvement of the gods, who help and support both sides, individually and collectively. Despite of Zeus's order to the other gods not to take part in the war, they often defy his wishes and support their favorite individuals. Hera, Athena, Poseidon, Hephaistos, and Hermes side with the Greeks; Ares, Apollo, Artemis, and Aphrodite with the Trojans. There are unresolved fights between Menelaus and Paris, and later between Hector and Ais. As a cease-fire is called to bury the dead, a wall is built by the Greek in order to protect their camp, and their ships are pulled over the shore. As the figh
Tormented by the death of Patroklos, Achilleus vows revenge and prepares for battle. They argue violently among themselves, are clever and take sides in the conflict raging in Troy, including Zeus, at times, abandons his impartiality. With modest coyness she says: "Most dread son of Kronos, what a word has thou spoken! If now thou dost long to be couched in love on the crests of Ida, and all stands in plain view, how would it be if some one of the eternal gods should see us slumbering, and go and tell it to all the gods?" ( Iliad, XIV, 249. In the Iliad the gods are completely human in their behavior and often considerably less noble than the leading characters of the epics. Who was advised not to fight, but fated to die, goes on to fight and dies. Patroklos, anguished by the plight of the Greeks, urges Achilleus to give him his armor and his men so he can fight the Trojans. Agamemnon, Odysseus, and Diomedes are wounded, and the Trojans drive the Greeks back under Hector. And beneath them the divine earth sent forth fresh new grass, and dewy lotus, and crocus, and hyacinth, thick and soft, that raised them aloft from the ground. Later Agamemnon reminds Zeus that " never in my benched ship passed I by a fair altar of thine on my mad way hither, but upon all I burned fat and thighs of oxen," and entreats the god to desist from his disfavor. The gods seem to be tribal to the invading Achaians. There in they lay, and were clad on with a fair golden cloud, whence fell drops of glittering dew.
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