Summary of the books of the illiad.

Book One
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.