Zeus in The Iliad

(listed by book and line)

The line numbers listed here correspond fairly well with the Lattimore and Murray/Wyatt translations of The Iliad. Other translations (Fitzgerald, Fagles et al) do not correspond as well but, with a small amount of effort, you should be able to find the reference you need regardless of the translation you use. Lattimore (ISBN 0226469409); A.T. Murray/William F. Wyatt Vol. I & II (ISBN 0674995791 and 0674995805); Robert Fitzgerald (ISBN 0374529051); Robert Fagles (ISBN 0140275363)

• 01.005 - The will of Zeus was accomplished with the conflict between Agamemnon and Achilles
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• 01.010 - Apollon, the son of Zeus and Leto, drove pestilence among the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 01.021 - The priest, Chryses, asks Agamemnon for the return of his daughter in the name of Zeus’ son, Apollon
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• 01.064 - Achilles wants to ask a prophet of Zeus why Phoibos Apollon is so angry at the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 01.074 - The prophet, Kalchas (Calchas), addresses Achilles, beloved of Zeus, and the assembled Argives
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• 01.086 - At the assembly of the Danaans, Achilles tells the prophet, Kalchas (Calchas), to speak in the name of Apollon, the beloved son of Zeus
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• 01.129 - Achilles tells Agamemnon that if he returns the captive girl, Chryseis, he will be repaid when Zeus allows them to plunder Troy
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• 01.175 - Agamemnon tells Achilles that he is honored by Zeus of the Councils
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• 01.202 - Achilles refers to Athene (Athena) as ‘child of Zeus’
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• 01.223 - Athene (Athena) prevents a fight between Agamemnon and Achilles and then returns to the house of Zeus on Mount Olympos (Olympus)
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• 01.239 - Holding a scepter which represents the justice of Zeus, Achilles swears that he will not come to the aid of the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 01.279 - Agamemnon warns Achilles not to match his strength with the rightful king because Zeus gives magnificence to kings and their authority
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• 01.334 - Achilles welcomes Agamemnon’s heralds as messengers of Zeus and mortals
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• 01.353 - Achilles prays aloud to his mother, Thetis, and says that since he is to have a short life Zeus should give him honor
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• 01.394 - Achilles asks his mother, Thetis, to supplicate Zeus on his behalf
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• 01.398 - Achilles reminds his mother, Thetis, of the time she summoned Briareos (Briareus) to free Zeus from the shackles which Hera, Athene (Athena) and Poseidon had put on him
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• 01.406 - When Briareos (Briareus) went to Mount Olympos (Olympus) to protect Zeus, all he had to do was sit beside Zeus to ward off the other Olympians
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• 01.420 - Thetis promises her son, Achilles, that she will go to Zeus on his behalf
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• 01.423 - Thetis tells her son, Achilles, that Zeus will return to Mount Olympos (Olympus) in twelve days and she will see him at that time
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• 01.426 - Thetis tells her son, Achilles, that she will go to the bronze founded house of Zeus
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• 01.495 - Zeus led the Olympians back to Mount Olympos (Olympus)
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• 01.498 - Thetis found Zeus on the highest peak of Mount Olympos (Olympus)
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• 01.502 - Thetis begs Zeus to help her son, Achilles
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• 01.508 - Thetis refers to Zeus as ‘Zeus of the counsels, lord of Olympos (Olympus)’
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• 01.511 - When Zeus would not say that he would help Achilles, Thetis took his knees and begged him to nod his head if he would agree to help her
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• 01.516 - Zeus, who gathers the clouds, tells Thetis that he is risking a conflict with Hera if he helps Achilles
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• 01.528 - Mount Olympos (Olympus) trembled when Zeus, son of Kronos (Cronos), nodded his head in conformation to Thetis’ request
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• 01.533 - As a sign of respect, all of the Olympians stood when Zeus entered his house
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• 01.539 - Hera speaks to Zeus about his secret meeting with Thetis and calls him ‘Treacherous One’
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• 01.544 - Zeus endures Hera’s insults and then says that he will tell her only what he deems necessary for her to know
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• 01.552 - Hera tells Zeus that she is being harsh with him because she is afraid that Thetis has won him over
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• 01.560 - Zeus tells Hera that he will do as he wishes and that if she continues to meddle in his affairs, none of the Immortals will be able to protect her from his wrath
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• 01.570 - After being threatened by Zeus, Hera sat in silent fear
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• 01.578 - Hephaistos (Hephaestus) tells his mother, Hera, to be more submissive towards Zeus so that she will not incite his wrath
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• 01.580 - Hephaistos (Hephaestus) tells his mother, Hera, that Zeus, who holds the lightning, should be obeyed
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• 01.583 - Hephaistos (Hephaestus) tells his mother, Hera, to gently approach Zeus so that he will be gracious towards her
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• 01.589 - Hephaistos (Hephaestus) tells his mother, Hera, that it is difficult to fight against The Olympian
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• 01.591 - Hephaistos (Hephaestus) reminds his mother, Hera, that Zeus once threw him from Mount Olympos (Olympus)
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• 01.609 - Zeus and Hera retired to his chamber on Mount Olympos (Olympus)
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• 02.002 - Zeus spent a sleepless night wondering how to give honor to Achilles and still kill a multitude of Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 02.007 - Zeus sends the Oneiroi (Dreams) to Agamemnon
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• 02.027 - The Oneiroi (Dreams) tell Agamemnon that they are the messengers of Zeus
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• 02.033 - The Oneiroi (Dreams) tell Agamemnon that, at the prompting of Hera, Zeus has much evil in store for the Trojans
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• 02.038 - The Oneiroi (Dreams) tell Agamemnon that Zeus will cause much suffering for the Trojans and the Danaans
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• 02.048 - Eos (Dawn) takes the message of light to Zeus as Agamemnon calls the Achaeans (Achaians) to an assembly
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• 02.064 - Agamemnon tells his men that the Oneiroi (Dreams) came to him as a messenger of Zeus
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• 02.070 - Agamemnon tells his men that the Oneiroi (Dreams) told him that, at the prompting of Hera, Zeus has much evil in store for the Trojans
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• 02.094 - Aggelos (Rumor), as a messenger of Zeus, went through the Achaean (Achaian) camp
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• 02.098 - Nine heralds quieted the Achaeans (Achaians) so the kings, beloved by Zeus, could be heard
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• 02.102 - At an assembly of the Achaeans (Achaians), Agamemnon held up a scepter made by Hephaistos (Hephaestus) which was given to Zeus, then to Argeiphontes (Hermes), then to Pelops, then to Atreus and finally to Agamemnon
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• 02.112 - Agamemnon lies to the assembled Achaeans (Achaians) and tells them that the son of Kronos (Cronos) has told him to give up the siege of Troy and return home
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• 02.116 - Agamemnon tells the assembled Achaeans (Achaians) that Zeus is strong beyond all others
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• 02.134 - Agamemnon reminds the assembled Achaeans (Achaians) that nine years of mighty Zeus have passed since they came to Troy
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• 02.146 - The assembled Achaeans (Achaians) were as turbulent as storm waves on the island of Ikaria (Icaria) when Notos (South Wind) and Eurus (East Wind) blow down from the clouds of Zeus
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• 02.157 - Hera addresses Athene (Athena) as ‘Atrytone, daughter of Zeus’
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• 02.169 - Athene (Athena) stands beside Odysseus, who is like Zeus in counsel, and urges him not to leave Troy without fighting for Helen
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• 02.173 - Athene (Athena) addresses Odysseus as ‘son of Laertes, seed of Zeus’
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• 02.197 - The herald, Eurybates, tells the individual leaders of the Achaeans (Achaians) that they have honor and responsibility given to them by Zeus of the Counsels
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• 02.205 - The herald, Eurybates, tells the individual leaders of the Achaeans (Achaians) that they must have one king to whom the devious son of Kronos (Cronos) gives the scepter of authority
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• 02.309 - Before coming to Troy, the Olympian had given the Achaeans (Achaians) a sign of their long ordeal in the form of a snake
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• 02.319 - The son of devious Kronos (Cronos) had turned the snake to stone in front of the assembled Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 02.324 - The priest, Kalchas (Calchas), told the Achaeans (Achaians) that Zeus of the Counsels had warned them that the conquest of Troy would be a long, hard struggle
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• 02.349 - When the Achaeans (Achaians) left Argos, Zeus of the Aegis flashed lightning
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• 02.350 - Zeus, the son of almighty Kronos (Cronos)
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• 02.371 - Agamemnon prays to Zeus, Athene (Athena) and Apollon
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• 02.375 - Agamemnon laments that Zeus of the Aegis, son of Kronos (Cronos), has given him bitterness in the form of a feud with Achilles
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• 02.403 - Agamemnon sacrificed a five year old ox to Zeus, son of almighty Kronos (Cronos)
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• 02.407 - Odysseus, like Zeus for counsel, attended the sacrifice of the five year old ox
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• 02.412 - Agamemnon prays to Zeus, sky dweller in the dark mist, that he may topple the walls of Troy before the sun sets
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• 02.419 - Zeus, son of Kronos (Cronos), ignored Agamemnon’ prayer to topple the walls of Troy before the sun sets
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• 02.478 - Agamemnon appeared to have the eyes and head of Zeus, the girth of Ares and the chest of Poseidon
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• 02.482 - Zeus made Agamemnon preeminent among men
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• 02.491 - Homer states that he could not recall the names of all the Argives without the inspiration of the Muses, daughters of Zeus
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• 02.628 - The commander of the soldiers from Doulichion (Dulichium) and the Echinai (Echinae) islands, Meges, was a man like Ares whose father, Phyleus, was dear to Zeus
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• 02.636 - Odysseus, like Zeus in counsel, led the men from Ithaka (Ithaca) and the surrounding islands
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• 02.669 - The son of Herakles (Heracles), Tlepolemos (Tlepolemus) was beloved by Zeus
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• 02.670 - Zeus, son of Kronos (Cronos), is lord of all men
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• 02.741 - Peirithoos (Peirithous) was the grandson of Zeus
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• 02.781 - When the army advanced, the ground shook like when Zeus, who delights in thunder, batters the earth around the snake-headed monster, Typhoeus
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• 02.787 - Iris came to the Trojans with a message from Zeus of the Aegis
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• 03.104 - As Menelaos (Menelaus) prepares to fight Alexandros (Paris), he says they should sacrifice three lambs; one each for Gaia (Earth), the Sun God (Helios) and Zeus
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• 03.107 - Menelaos (Menelaus) asks that king Priam take an oath to Zeus because he does not trust Priam’s sons
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• 03.199 - Helen, descended from Zeus, points out Menelaos (Menelaus) to king Priam as they look at the Achaean (Achaian) army from the walls of Troy
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• 03.276 - As Menelaos (Menelaus) prepares to fight Alexandros (Paris), Agamemnon calls upon Zeus, Helios (who sees and hears all), the earth, the rivers and ‘he who dwells under the earth’ to take vengeance on anyone who does not stay true to their oath
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• 03.298 - The soldiers of the Achaean (Achaian) and Trojan armies take an oath to Zeus exalted
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• 03.302 - The son of Kronos (Cronos) did not heed the prayers of the soldiers of the Achaean (Achaian) and Trojan armies
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• 03.308 - Priam leaves the battlefield because he cannot watch the man-to-man combat between Alexandros (Paris) and Menelaos (Menelaus); he knows that Zeus will determine the outcome of the fight
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• 03.320 - The soldiers pray to Father Zeus that if either Alexandros (Paris) or Menelaos (Menelaus) goes to the house of Hades, the war will be over and the armies can go home
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• 03.350 - Menelaos (Menelaus) prays to Zeus that his spear will kill Alexandros (Paris)
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• 03.365 - In the fight with Alexandros (Paris), Menelaos (Menelaus) laments to Father Zeus that his spear missed and his sword broke
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• 03.374 - As Menelaos (Menelaus) was dragging Alexandros (Paris) from the battlefield by his helmet plume, Aphrodite broke the chinstrap so that Alexandros could escape
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• 03.418 - Aphrodite leads Helen, daughter of Zeus, from the high tower unseen by bystanders
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• 03.426 - Helen, daughter of Zeus of the Aegis, sat before Alexandros (Paris) as Aphrodite had commanded
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• 04.001 - As Zeus and the other Immortals look down on Troy, Hebe pours nektar (nectar) into golden cups
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• 04.005 - Zeus speaks harshly to Hera about how she and Athene (Athena) have retreated from the battlefield while Aphrodite still fights by the side of her son, Aineias (Aeneas)
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• 04.023 - Athene (Athena) remained silent and contained her anger for Zeus at his harsh words to her and Hera
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• 04.025 - Hera speaks angrily to Zeus because he seems to be undecided as to how to end the war with Troy
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• 04.030 - Zeus asks Hera why she hates Priam and the Trojans
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• 04.068 - Zeus tells Athene (Athena) to go to Troy and cause the Trojans to be the first offenders in the fight
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• 04.075 - Pallas Athene (Athena) plunged between the two armies in the likeness of a falling star in the same way the devious son of Kronos (Cronos) sends falling stars as portents to soldiers and sailors
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• 04.084 - When Athene (Athena) plunged between the armies as a falling star, the soldiers knew it was a sign from Zeus and signified either peace or bloody war
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• 04.128 - Athene (Athena), the spoiler, deflects an arrow away from Menelaos (Menelaus)
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• 04.160 - Agamemnon tells the wounded Menelaos (Menelaus) that the Olympian will punish the Trojans for breaking their oath
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• 04.166 - Agamemnon refers to Zeus as the son of Kronos, the sky dwelling
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• 04.235 - Agamemnon told the fighting men that Zeus, the father, would give them victory because the Trojans had broken their oath
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• 04.249 - Agamemnon admonished the soldiers who were holding back and asked them if they were waiting for the Trojans to reach the ships hoping that the son of Kronos (Cronos) would protect them
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• 04.288 - Agamemnon prays to Father Zeus, Athene (Athena) and Apollon
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• 04.358 - Agamemnon apologizes to Odysseus, seed of Zeus, for his harsh words
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• 04.381 - Agamemnon says his people had once wanted to help Diomedes’ father, Tydeus, but Zeus turned them back with bad omens
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• 04.408 - Diomedes tells Agamemnon that when he conquered the city of Thebes, Zeus helped him
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• 04.514 - Athene (Athena), Zeus’ daughter Tritogeneia, strode through the ranks of the Achaeans (Achaians) and urged the stragglers forward into the fight
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• 05.033 - Athene (Athena) tells Ares that they should leave the battlefield and let Zeus direct the fight
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• 05.034 - Athene (Athena) tells Ares that they should not provoke Zeus’ anger
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• 05.091 - When Diomedes charged into the battle-lines of the Trojans, they were eroded like the banks of a river swollen with Zeus’ rain
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• 05.104 - Pandaros (Pandarus) calls to the other Trojans and says that his prayers to Apollon, son of Zeus, have been answered and that he has wounded Diomedes
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• 05.115 - The wounded Diomedes prays to ‘Atrytone, daughter of Zeus’ to grant him victory
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• 05.131 - Athene (Athena) urges Diomedes to stab Aphrodite, daughter of Zeus
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• 05.174 - Aineias (Aeneas) urges the Trojan bowman, Pandaros (Pandarus), to hold up his hands to Zeus
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• 05.225 - Aineias (Aeneas) tells Pandaros (Pandarus) that his chariot will take them to safety if Zeus again grants glory to Diomedes
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• 05.265 - Zeus gave the Trojan king, Tros, a strain of horses in payment for taking the king’ son, Ganymede
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• 05.312 - Aphrodite, daughter of Zeus, shields her son, Aineias (Aeneas), with her robe
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• 05.362 - The wounded Aphrodite asks Ares for his chariot and says that Diomedes is so bold he would even fight against Zeus’ father, Kronos (Cronos)
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• 05.396 - Dione tells the injured Aphrodite that the son of Zeus, Amphitryon, had once wounded Ares
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• 05.398 - Ares fled to the house of Zeus when he was wounded by Amphitryon
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• 05.421 - Gray-eyed Athene (Athena) speaks to Zeus and asks if Aphrodite might have injured herself with a golden needle
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• 05.427 - Zeus speaks to Aphrodite and tells her to concern herself with the secrets of marriage and leave war-craft to Athene (Athena) and Ares
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• 05.430 - Zeus tells Aphrodite to leave war to Athene (Athena) and Ares
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• 05.522 - Odysseus, Diomedes and the two Aiantes stood immovable against the Trojans like the clouds of the son of Kronos that linger near a mountaintop (the Aiantes are Telamonian Aias and Lesser Aias)
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• 05.631 - Tlepolemos (Tlepolemus), the grandson of Zeus, faces Zeus’ son, Sarpedon, on the battlefield
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• 05.635 - Tlepolemos (Tlepolemus) calls Sarpedon a liar and questions his lineage as a son of Zeus
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• 05.637 - Tlepolemos (Tlepolemus) tells Sarpedon that the sons of Zeus of the previous generation were better men; Tlepolemos is referring to his father, Herakles (Heracles)
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• 05.672 - Odysseus could not decide whether to try to kill the son of Zeus, Sarpedon, or to kill more Lykians (Lycians)
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• 05.675 - Athene (Athena) turns Odysseus’ anger away from Zeus’ son, Sarpedon
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• 05.682 - The mortally wounded son of Zeus, Sarpedon, begs Hector to take him back to Troy so that the Achaeans (Achaians) cannot claim his body
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• 05.693 - Sarpedon was laid under an oak tree, symbolic of his father, Zeus, and treated for his wounds
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• 05.714 - Hera calls Athene (Athena) ‘Atrytone, daughter of Zeus’
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• 05.733 - Athene (Athena) stands outside Zeus’ chambers and dresses for battle
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• 05.736 - Athene (Athena) removes her elaborate dress and dons the war tunic of Zeus
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• 05.753 - Hera found Zeus sitting on the highest peak of Mount Olympos (Olympus)
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• 05.755 - Hera stops her horses and speaks to Zeus on Mount Olympos (Olympus)
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• 05.757 - Hera addresses Zeus as ‘Father’ and asks if he is angry at Ares for killing so many Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 05.762 - Hera asks Zeus if he would be angry if she struck Ares for helping the Trojans
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• 05.765 - Zeus tells Hera to set ‘The Spoiler, Athene (Athena)’ against Ares
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• 05.815 - Diomedes tells Athene (Athena), daughter of Zeus, that he has withdrawn from the battle because Ares is fighting with the Trojans
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• 05.820 - Diomedes reminds Athene (Athena) that she encouraged him to stab the daughter of Zeus, Aphrodite
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• 05.869 - The wounded Ares sat beside the son of Kronos (Cronos) on Mount Olympos (Olympus)
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• 05.872 - Ares speaks to Zeus and says that Athene (Athena) is unjust
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• 05.889 - Zeus tells the wounded Ares that he is the most hateful of the gods
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• 05.906 - The healed Ares sits beside the son of Kronos (Cronos)
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• 05.907 - After wounding Ares on the battlefield, Hera of Argos and Athene (Athena) return to the house of Zeus on Mount Olympos (Olympus)
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• 06.139 - The warrior, Diomedes, tells Glaukos (Glaucus) the story of when the mortal man, Lykourgos (Lycurgus), attacked Dionysos; Zeus blinded Lykourgos for daring to fight with a god
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• 06.198 - Zeus lays with Laodameia, mother of Sarpedon
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• 06.199 - The Trojan, Glaukos (Glaucus), tells Diomedes that Sarpedon is the son of his aunt, Laodameia, and Zeus
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• 06.234 - Zeus took away the wits of Glaukos (Glaucus) and caused him to exchange his golden armor for the bronze armor of Diomedes
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• 06.258 - Hekabe (Hecabe) tells her son, Hector, to pray to Zeus while she gets him some wine to pour as a libation
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• 06.267 - Hector tells his mother, Hekabe (Hecabe), that he cannot pour a libation of wine to Zeus with blood-spattered hands
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• 06.282 - Hector laments that Zeus let his brother, Alexandros (Paris), live and tells his mother, Hekabe (Hecabe), that he wishes that Alexandros had gone to the house of the Death God
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• 06.304 - The priestess, Theano, prays that Athene (Athena), daughter of Zeus, will protect the Trojans and break the spear of Diomedes
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• 06.312 - Athene (Athena), daughter of Zeus, ignores the prayers of the priestess, Theano
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• 06.318 - Hector (Hector), loved by Zeus, enters the house of Alexandros (Paris) and rebukes him for being at home while men are dying defending Troy
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• 06.357 - Helen tells Hector (Hector) that Zeus has placed a terrible destiny on her and Alexandros (Paris)
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• 06.420 - Andromache tells her husband, Hector, that when Achilles killed her father, Eetion, the Nymphs of the mountains, daughters of Zeus, planted elm trees on his burial mound
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• 06.475 - Hector prays to Zeus for a good life for his son, Astyanax
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• 06.527 - Hector tells Alexandros (Paris) that after they have driven the Achaeans (Achaians) from Troy, they will appease Zeus and the other gods
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• 07.023 - Apollon, son of Zeus, addresses Athene (Athena), daughter of Zeus, and asks why she has come from Mount Olympos (Olympus) to the battlefield
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• 07.037 - Apollon, son of Zeus, suggests that he and Athene (Athena) rouse Hector to one-on-one combat with one of the Danaans
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• 07.047 - Helenos (Helenus) urges his brother, Hector (Hector) who is like Zeus in counsel, to challenge the bravest of the Achaeans (Achaians) to fight in one-on-one combat
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• 07.058 - The children of Zeus, Apollon and Athene (Athena), assume the form of vultures and watch the unfolding battle from an oak tree
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• 07.069 - Hector (Hector) says that Zeus has evil intentions towards both armies
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• 07.076 - With Zeus as his witness, Hector promises to take the armor of anyone he kills and hang it in front of the temple of Apollon inside the walls of Troy
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• 07.132 - Nestor wishes that he was still young and uses the names of Zeus, Athene (Athena) and Apollon as an oath
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• 07.179 - The Achaeans (Achaians) prayed to Father Zeus that Aias, Diomedes or Agamemnon would be chosen to fight Hector in one-on-one combat
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• 07.194 - After his lot is drawn, Aias tells the assembled Achaeans (Achaians) to pray to Zeus, son of Kronos (Cronos), for his victory over Hector
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• 07.200 - The Achaeans (Achaians) prayed to Zeus, son of Kronos (Cronos), that Aias would defeat Hector
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• 07.202 - The Achaeans (Achaians) prayed to father Zeus, who was watching from mount Ida
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• 07.208 - Ares dressed Aias in bronze and he walked as if the son of Kronos (Cronos) had filled him with hatred
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• 07.234 - Hector addresses Aias as ‘seed of Zeus’ and warns him not to be overconfident
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• 07.274 - The heralds, Idaios and Talthybios (Talthybius), messengers of Zeus, stop the fight between Aias and Hector
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• 07.279 - The heralds, Idaios and Talthybios (Talthybius), say that both Aias and Hector are dear to Zeus and, for that reason, must not fight to the death
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• 07.315 - Agamemnon sacrificed a five year old ox to Zeus, son of almighty Kronos (Cronos)
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• 07.411 - Agamemnon pledges to Zeus, lord of Hera, that there will be a temporary truce so that the dead soldiers can be taken from the battlefield
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• 07.443 - Poseidon complains to Zeus that the Achaeans (Achaians) have built a defensive ditch and wall and not given a proper sacrifice to the gods
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• 07.446 - Poseidon addresses Zeus as ‘Father’
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• 07.455 - Zeus tells Poseidon not to doubt his enduring fame and that he can eventually destroy the wall the Achaeans (Achaians) have recently built
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• 07.478 - As the armies rested, Zeus of the Counsels, thundered from the heavens
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• 07.481 - The soldiers poured libations to the son of Kronos (Cronos) when they heard his thundering
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• 08.001 - Zeus sat on Mount Olympos (Olympus) and addressed the other Immortals as yellow robed Eos (Dawn) appeared
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• 08.005 - Zeus threatens the other Immortals with punishment if they go to Troy and interfere with the warfare
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• 08.021 - Zeus tells the other Immortals that even if they all pulled on a golden rope, they could not dislodge him from the sky
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• 08.031 - After Zeus forbids the Immortals to enter the war with the Trojans and Achaeans (Achaians), Athene (Athena) acknowledges his power and strength but pleads for the lives of the men who are destined to die because of Zeus’ anger
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• 08.038 - Zeus assures Athene (Athena) that he is not angry with her and calls her ‘Tritogeneia’
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• 08.041 - Zeus dresses and prepares to leave Mount Olympos (Olympus)
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• 08.047 - Zeus descends Mount Olympos (Olympus) and alights on Mount Ida
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• 08.049 - Zeus looks down from Mount Ida on Troy and the ships of the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 08.069 - Zeus puts equal portions of death on his golden scales for the Trojans and the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 08.093 - When Nestor’s chariot horse was mortally wounded and the old fighter was about to be killed by Hector, Diomedes called out to Odysseus, seed of Zeus, to help him protect Nestor
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• 08.132 - When the Trojans were retreating to the walls of Troy, they would have been slaughtered if Zeus, father of gods and men, had not unleashed a bolt of lightning and forced the Achaeans (Achaians) stop their attack
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• 08.140 - After Zeus loosed a lightning bolt in front of the horses of Diomedes, Nestor called out for Diomedes to retreat saying that Zeus was no longer protecting him
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• 08.143 - Nestor tells Diomedes that no man can fight against the purpose of Zeus
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• 08.170 - From Mount Ida, Zeus thundered three times to let the Trojans know that the battle was turning in their favor
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• 08.175 - Hector was elated that the son of Kronos (Cronos) had finally given him favor and turned the battle against the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 08.206 - Hera is angry that Zeus sits alone on Mount Ida and allows the Trojans to push back the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 08.211 - Poseidon tells Hera that they should not defy Zeus because he is the strongest of the Olympians
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• 08.216 - Hector, using the portion of glory that Zeus had given him, fought the Achaeans (Achaians) fiercely at the fortified wall and ditch which protected the Achaean ships
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• 08.236 - As Hector presses the attack to the beached Achaean (Achaian) ships, Agamemnon calls out to Father Zeus and asks why they are being punished so brutally
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• 08.242 - As Hector presses the attack to the beached Achaean (Achaian) ships, Agamemnon begs Zeus for mercy
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• 08.249 - In answer to Agamemnon’s prayer, Zeus sent the Achaeans (Achaians) a sign of his mercy; an eagle dropped a fawn on the altar of Zeus in the Achaean (Achaian) camp
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• 08.250 - Seeing the eagle that Zeus had sent, Agamemnon called out to Zeus of the Omens
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• 08.251 - After seeing the eagle-omen from Zeus, the Achaeans (Achaians) regained their fighting spirit
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• 08.287 - Agamemnon praises Teukros (Teucer) and says that after the sack of Troy he will be honored by Zeus and Athene (Athena)
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• 08.360 - Athene (Athena) tells Hera that Zeus is hard and evil
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• 08.362 - Athene (Athena) tells Hera how she had rescued Zeus’ son, Herakles (Heracles)
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• 08.365 - Athene (Athena) tells Hera how Zeus would send her from the sky to help his son, Herakles (Heracles)
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• 08.370 - Athene (Athena) tells Hera that Zeus hates her and heeds the desires of Thetis
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• 08.375 - Athene (Athena) tells Hera to prepare a chariot while she goes to the house of Zeus to arm herself for battle
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• 08.384 - Athene (Athena) stands outside Zeus’ chambers and dresses for battle
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• 08.387 - Athene (Athena) removes her elaborate dress and dons the war tunic of Zeus in preparation for battle
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• 08.391 - Athene (Athena), of the mighty Father, hefted her spear which she used to batter her enemies
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• 08.397 - Zeus watches as Hera and Athene (Athena) leave Mount Olympos (Olympus) in Hera’s chariot
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• 08.399 - Zeus sends Iris to turn back Hera and Athene (Athena) as they leave Mount Olympos (Olympus) with the intention of assisting the Argives
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• 08.406 - Zeus instructs Iris to turn ‘the Gray-eyed goddess’ away from Troy so that she does not incur his wrath
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• 08.412 - Zeus instructs Iris to tell Hera and Athene (Athena) that he will cripple their horses if they do not turn away from the battlefield
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• 08.414 - Iris refers to Zeus as ‘son of Kronos’
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• 08.415 - Iris repeats Zeus’ message to Hera and Athene (Athena) that he will cripple their horses if they do not turn away from the battlefield
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• 08.422 - Iris tells Athene (Athena) that she should not raise her spear in defiance of her father, Zeus
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• 08.438 - Zeus leaves Mount Ida in his chariot bound for Mount Olympos (Olympus)
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• 08.442 - Mount Olympos (Olympus) trembles as Zeus sits on his golden throne
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• 08.445 - On Mount Olympos (Olympus), Hera and Athene (Athena) sit away from Zeus and will not speak to him
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• 08.460 - Athene (Athena) was silent and contained her anger for Zeus
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• 08.462 - Hera explains to Zeus that she is sad because of the many Achaeans (Achaians) who have been killed
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• 08.470 - Zeus tells Hera that, on the following day, many more Achaeans (Achaians) will die at the hands of Hector
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• 08.471 - Zeus refers to himself as ‘son of Kronos (Cronos)’
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• 08.493 - Hector, beloved of Zeus, addresses the assembled Trojans
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• 08.517 - Hector sends the heralds, whom Zeus loves, to Troy to tell the young boys to stand watch while the women light hearth fires
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• 08.527 - Hector prays to Zeus that the invaders will be driven from Troy
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• 09.018 - Agamemnon tells the assembled Argives that Zeus, son of Kronos (Cronos), wants them to renounce their vow to conquer Troy and return to their homes
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• 09.023 - Agamemnon tells the assembled Argives that the will of Zeus is too strong for them to resist and that they must renounce their vow to conquer Troy
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• 09.037 - Diomedes reprimands Agamemnon and says that the son of devising Kronos (Cronos) gave him (Agamemnon) the scepter of authority but did not give him the heart of a warrior
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• 09.098 - Nestor tells Agamemnon that the scepter of Zeus makes him king but also requires him to listen to the advice of his subjects; Nestor says that Agamemnon was unwise to dishonor Achilles
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• 09.117 - Agamemnon tells Nestor that Achilles, who is loved by Zeus, is worth many fighters and should not have been dishonored
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• 09.168 - Nestor suggests that Phoinix (Phoenix), who is loved by Zeus, lead a delegation to beg Achilles to put aside his anger and return to the fighting
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• 09.172 - Nestor tells the Achaeans (Achaians) to pray to Zeus, son of Kronos (Cronos)
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• 09.229 - Phoinix (Phoenix) pours wine and raises his glass to Achilles, loved of Zeus
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• 09.236 - Phoinix (Phoenix) tells Achilles that Zeus has made the Trojans bold
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• 09.238 - Phoinix (Phoenix) tells Achilles that Hector relies on Zeus and fights with fury
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• 09.308 - Achilles tells Odysseus, seed of Zeus, that he will not accept Agamemnon’s gifts or return to the fighting
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• 09.357 - Achilles says that he will offer a sacrifice to Zeus and then leave Troy
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• 09.377 - Achilles says that Zeus has taken away Agamemnon’s wits
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• 09.419 - Achilles advises that the Achaeans (Achaians) return home because Zeus is protecting the Trojans
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• 09.456 - When Phoinix’s (Phoenix) father learned that his son had seduced his mistress, he called down curses on his son and named the Furies, Zeus of the Underworld, i.e. Hades, and Persephone
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• 09.502 - Phoinix (Phoenix) explains to Achilles that men must make sacrifice and pour libations to the Immortals for forgiveness; he reminds Achilles that the Litai (Prayers) are the daughters of Zeus and are slow compared to Ate (Blindness/Ruin)
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• 09.508 - Phoinix (Phoenix) explains to Achilles that if men deny the Litai (Prayers), they report each rejection to their father, Zeus
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• 09.513 - Phoinix (Phoenix) tells Achilles that Agamemnon has embraced the spirit of the Litai (Prayers), daughters of Zeus, and should be forgiven
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• 09.536 - Artemis, the daughter of great Zeus, was denied the first fruits by Oineus (Oeneus)
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• 09.608 - Achilles tells Phoinix (Phoenix) that he knows that he is blessed by Zeus
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• 09.624 - Aias tells Odysseus, seed of Zeus, that they should accept the fact that they will not convince Achilles to forgive Agamemnon
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• 09.644 - Achilles tells Aias, seed of Zeus, that he will not forget or forgive the humiliation that Agamemnon caused him
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• 09.686 - Odysseus reports to Agamemnon that Achilles said the Achaeans (Achaians) should return to their homes because Zeus is protecting the Trojans
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• 10.005 - Zeus is referred to as ‘lord of Hera’
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• 10.016 - Agamemnon pondered his desperate situation and looked to Zeus on high for comfort
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• 10.045 - Agamemnon tells Menelaos (Menelaus) that the heart of Zeus is with the Trojans
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• 10.049 - Agamemnon tells Menelaos (Menelaus) that he had never imagined the power of Hector (Hector), loved by Zeus
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• 10.071 - Agamemnon sends Menelaos (Menelaus) to assemble the Achaeans (Achaians) and says that they must bear the burden that Zeus has cast upon them
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• 10.089 - Agamemnon wakes Nestor and says that Zeus has given him a great burden
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• 10.104 - Nestor reassures Agamemnon by saying that Zeus will eventually deny glory to Hector
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• 10.137 - Nestor awakens Odysseus, equal to Zeus in counsel, and tells him to come to a meeting of the Achaean (Achaian) leaders
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• 10.144 - Nestor asks Odysseus, seed of Zeus, to help him gather the other Achaean (Achaian) leaders
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• 10.154 - The spear of Diomedes shone like the lightning of Zeus
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• 10.278 - Odysseus hears the bird that Athene (Athena), daughter of Zeus, sent as an omen and prays to her
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• 10.295 - Pallas Athene (Athena), daughter of Zeus, hears the prayers of Diomedes and Odysseus
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• 10.329 - The spy, Dolon, is promised the horses and chariot of Achilles if he successfully invades the camp of the Danaans; Hector swears an oath by Zeus, lord of Hera, to give Dolan these rewards
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• 10.527 - After raiding the Trojan camp, Odysseus, beloved of Zeus, stopped the horses while Diomedes gathered the bloody spoils of the spy, Dolon
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• 10.553 - After Odysseus and Diomedes have safely returned to the Achaean (Achaian) camp, Nestor says that the fine horse team they brought back could be the gift of Zeus or the Gray-eyed maiden, Athene (Athena)
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• 11.002 - Zeus sends Erida to rouse the Achaeans (Achaians) to battle
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• 11.027 - Agamemnon dons a breastplate with serpents on each side that looked like rainbows that the son of Kronos (Cronos) might etch on the clouds
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• 11.052 - The son of Kronos (Cronos) roused the Achaeans (Achaians) in their battle-ranks and dripped blood from the sky
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• 11.066 - As Hector ranged through the Trojan army, his armor flashed like lightning from Zeus
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• 11.078 - The Immortals sat idle on Mount Olympos (Olympus) and blamed the son of Kronos (Cronos) for giving glory to the Trojans
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• 11.163 - Zeus removed Hector from the worst of the fighting
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• 11.182 - Zeus, father of gods and men, stood poised of Mount Ida with a thunderbolt in his hand
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• 11.185 - From Mount Ida, Zeus sends Iris with a message to Hector and urges him to hold back until Agamemnon is wounded and then to press the fight to the beached ships
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• 11.195 - Iris descends Mount Ida with Zeus’ message for Hector
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• 11.200 - Iris addresses Hector as ‘son of Priam and equal of Zeus in council’
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• 11.201 - Iris tells Hector that she has been sent by her father, Zeus
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• 11.207 - Iris tells Hector that he should not enter the thick of the fighting until Agamemnon is wounded; at that time, Zeus will give him power
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• 11.278 - The wounded Agamemnon urges his troops into battle even though Zeus has taken away his ability to fight
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• 11.288 - When Hector sees that Agamemnon has been wounded, he declares that Zeus has consented to his glory
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• 11.300 - With Zeus giving him glory, Hector begins to slaughter the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 11.318 - Diomedes tells Odysseus that he will stand his ground even though Zeus is clearly on the side of the Trojans
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• 11.336 - Zeus watched the fighting from Mount Ida
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• 11.406 - Odysseus was left alone at the front of the battle-lines because Zeus drove the other Achaeans (Achaians) into retreat
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• 11.418 - Odysseus, beloved of Zeus, fought like a wild boar as the Trojans surrounded him
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• 11.465 - Menelaos (Menelaus) calls out to Telamonian Aias, seed of Zeus, to help Odysseus
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• 11.473 - Menelaos (Menelaus) and Aias found Odysseus, beloved of Zeus, surrounded by Trojans
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• 11.492 - Aias swept through the Trojans like a river swollen with rain from the Sky God
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• 11.543 - Zeus struck Aias with fear and made him falter
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• 11.610 - Achilles tells Patroklos (Patroclus), beloved of Zeus, to go to Nestor and find out which wounded soldier he brought from the battlefield
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• 11.647 - Patroklos (Patroclus) enters Nestor’s tent and addresses him as ‘old sir, nurtured of Zeus’
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• 11.652 - Patroklos (Patroclus) calls Nestor ‘beloved of Zeus’
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• 11.728 - Nestor remembers his fine sacrifices to Zeus and when he sacrificed a bull to the river Alpheios (Alpheius), a bull to Poseidon and a cow to Gray-eyed Athene (Athena)
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• 11.735 - Nestor remembers when he and the other soldiers prayed to Zeus and Athene (Athena) before the battle with the Epeians
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• 11.752 - Nestor remembers when his victorious army chased the Epeians with the power of Zeus
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• 11.760 - Nestor remembers that after the defeat of the Epeians, all soldiers gave thanks to Zeus
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• 11.772 - The fathers of Patroklos (Patroclus) and Achilles sacrificed an ox for Zeus before their sons left for Troy
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• 11.791 - Nestor hopes that, with God’s help, Patroklos (Patroclus) can persuade Achilles to join the fighting
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• 11.794 - Nestor says that if Achilles will not fight because of a prophecy of Zeus, he should allow Patroklos (Patroclus) to fight
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• 11.810 - Patroklos (Patroclus) saw the wounded Eurypylos (Eurypylus), the Zeus born son of Euaimon (Euaemon)
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• 11.818 - Patroklos (Patroclus) asks the wounded Eurypylos (Eurypylus), who was raised by God, if the Achaeans (Achaians) can hold the battle-lines against Hector
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• 12.025 - Zeus, Apollon and Poseidon combined their powers to destroy the wall the Achaeans (Achaians) had built
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• 12.037 - The Argives were pushed back under the lash of Zeus
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• 12.067 - Poulydamas (Polydamas) tells Hector that as long as Zeus thunders against the Achaeans (Achaians), they should leave their chariots and advance on foot
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• 12.164 - The Trojan, Asios (Asius), prays to Zeus during the intense fighting near the beached ships
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• 12.173 - The heart of Zeus was not moved by the prayer of Asios (Asius)
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• 12.209 - Zeus sent an ill omen to the Trojans in the form of a snake falling from the claws of an eagle
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• 12.236 - Hector berates Poulydamas (Polydamas) for wanting to retreat when Zeus is obviously giving him favor
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• 12.241 - Hector tells Poulydamas (Polydamas) to put his faith in Zeus and not bird-signs or omens
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• 12.252 - As the Trojans resumed their assault against the beached ships, Zeus sent a gusting wind in the face of the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 12.275 - The Aiantes urged the soldiers to fight harder saying that Olympian Zeus will make a way into the walled city of Troy (the Aiantes are Telamonian Aias and Lesser Aias)
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• 12.278 - Missiles flew as dense as a snowstorm sent by Zeus of the Counsels
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• 12.286 - Stones fell on the soldiers like rain from Zeus
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• 12.292 - Zeus sent his son, Sarpedon, into the ranks of the Achaeans (Achaians) like a fierce lion among cattle
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• 12.355 - A herald requests the help of the Aiantes for the grandson of Zeus, Menestheus; (the Aiantes are Telamonian Aias and Lesser Aias)
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• 12.402 - Zeus brushes an arrow away from his son, Sarpedon
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• 12.437 - The armies would have been evenly matched if Zeus had not given glory to Hector
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• 12.450 - The devious son of Kronos (Cronos) gave Hector the strength to hurl a massive stone against the wall which protected the Achaean (Achaian) ships
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• 13.001 - With the Trojans fighting at the beached ships of the Achaeans (Achaians), Zeus turned his attention away from Troy
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• 13.016 - As he sat atop the highest point on the island of Samos and sadly watched the battle for Troy, Poseidon blamed Zeus for the slaughter of the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 13.054 - In the guise of a man named Kalchas (Calchas), Poseidon speaks to the Aiantes, i.e. Telamonian Aias and Lesser Aias, telling them to stand fast against the might of Hector even though he thinks he is the son of Zeus
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• 13.058 - In the guise of a man named Kalchas (Calchas), Poseidon tells the Aiantes, i.e. Telamonian Aias and Lesser Aias, that the Olympian urges Hector into battle
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• 13.154 - Hector calls to the Trojans and proclaims that he is driven on by the greatest of all gods, the lord of Hera
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• 13.226 - Idomeneus tells Thoas that their seeming defeat must be the will of the son of Kronos (Cronos)
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• 13.242 - Idomeneus held his spear in the same way the son of Kronos (Cronos) would hold a thunderbolt
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• 13.319 - As Idomeneus enters the fight for the beached ships, he is confident that the ships will not be set ablaze unless the son of Kronos (Cronos) does it personally
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• 13.345 - The two sons of Kronos, Zeus and Poseidon, were divided against each other; Zeus was giving glory to Hector and Poseidon clearly regretted every Achaean (Achaian) soldier who was killed
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• 13.353 - Poseidon rises from the sea and goes among the Argives to rouse them; he blames Zeus for the near defeat of the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 13.355 - Since Zeus was oldest brother, Poseidon would not openly defy him but went among the Achaeans (Achaians) in the guise of mortal men in order to rouse them
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• 13.449 - Idomeneus boasts over the dead body of Alkinoos (Alcinous) that he is from the seed of Zeus
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• 13.450 - Zeus was the father of Minos on the island of Krete (Crete)
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• 13.524 - Ares sat on Mount Olympos (Olympus) at the command of Zeus and did not know about the death of his son, Askalaphos (Ascalaphus)
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• 13.624 - Menelaos (Menelaus) killed Peisandros (Peisander) and declared that the Trojans do not appreciate the wrath of Zeus
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• 13.631 - Menelaos (Menelaus) cannot understand why Zeus would give grace and victory to the Trojans
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• 13.674 - At the Achaean (Achaian) ships, Hector, beloved of Zeus, fought at the center of the battle-lines and did not realize that the Trojans were being slaughtered on the left flank
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• 13.732 - Poulydamas (Polydamas) counsels Hector to withdraw from the fighting at the ships because, he reasons, Zeus gave Hector more fighting ability than caution
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• 13.783 - Alexandros (Paris) tells Hector that Deiphobos (Deiphobus) and Helenos (Helenus) were wounded but the son of Kronos (Cronos) spared their lives
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• 13.794 - Zeus encouraged Alexandros (Paris) and Hector in the fighting
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• 13.796 - Alexandros (Paris) and Hector fought like a thunderbolt from Zeus striking the sea
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• 13.812 - Aias warns Hector that the Trojans are not defeating the Achaeans (Achaians), it’s the whip of Zeus that is beating them back
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• 13.818 - Aias tells Hector that he should pray to father Zeus that his horses are swift enough to get him to the gates of Troy
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• 13.825 - Hector taunts Aias saying that if he had been a son of Zeus and Hera and honored like Apollon and Athene (Athena) all the Achaeans (Achaians) would die on his spear
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• 13.837 - The din of the battle rose to Zeus’ shining aether (aither)
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• 14.019 - Nestor watched the battle which was like the sea troubled by the wind from Zeus
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• 14.027 - Nestor saw the wounded commanders, who had been nurtured by God
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• 14.054 - Nestor tells Agamemnon that the battle has progressed according to the will of Zeus
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• 14.069 - Agamemnon agrees with Nestor that the battle has progressed according to the will of Zeus
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• 14.085 - Odysseus wishes that Zeus had not made Agamemnon king because the Trojans seem to be winning the war
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• 14.120 - Diomedes tells the history of his family and how his father had settled in Argos by the will of Zeus
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• 14.157 - As Poseidon fought on the side of the Achaeans (Achaians), Hera was afraid that Zeus would see him from Mount Ida
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• 14.160 - Hera could not decide how to distract Zeus while Poseidon fought against the Trojans
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• 14.173 - Hera went to her private chambers and dressed for her encounter with Zeus
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• 14.193 - Aphrodite promises to help Hera in any way she can but does not realize that Hera is planning to trick Zeus
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• 14.203 - Hera tells Aphrodite that she is preparing to go to the depths of Okeanos (Oceanus) to see Tethys because Tethys took her from Rheia (Rhea) and cared for her when Zeus was warring with his father, Kronos (Cronos)
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• 14.213 - Aphrodite says that she will help Hera seduce Zeus
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• 14.224 - Aphrodite enters her home on Mount Olympos (Olympus) as Hera flies to meet Zeus on Mount Ida
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• 14.236 - Hera promises Hypnos (Sleep) many gifts if he will use his powers on Zeus
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• 14.247 - Hypnos (Sleep) tells Hera that he should only use his powers on Zeus, son of Kronos (Cronos), when specifically asked by Zeus
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• 14.250 - Hypnos (Sleep) reminds Hera of the time he had cast a spell on Zeus so that she could harass Herakles (Heracles)
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• 14.252 - Hypnos (Sleep) tells Hera that he is hesitant to use his powers on Zeus because Nyx (Night) had to rescue him the last time he did such a thing
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• 14.256 - Hypnos (Sleep) tells Hera how angry Zeus was when he was put to sleep against his will
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• 14.260 - Zeus did not punish Hypnos (Sleep) because of the intervention of Nyx (Night)
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• 14.265 - Hera promises to give Hypnos (Sleep) one of the Graces in marriage if he will use his powers on Zeus
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• 14.286 - Hypnos (Sleep) takes the form of a bird and watches Zeus from a pine tree on Mount Ida
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• 14.293 - Hera goes to the peak of Mount Ida to find Zeus
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• 14.297 - Atop Mount Ida, Zeus asks Hera why she has come from Mount Olympos (Olympus) to see him
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• 14.311 - When Hera encounters Zeus on Mount Ida, he asks her to stay so that they can renew their love
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• 14.330 - Hera tells Zeus that it would be shameful if the other Immortals saw them on Mount Ida
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• 14.342 - On Mount Ida, Zeus tells Hera that he will surround them with a golden cloud so the other Immortals cannot see them
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• 14.346 - The son of Kronos (Cronos) sleeps with Hera on Mount Ida
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• 14.358 - After putting Zeus to sleep, gentle Hypnos (Sleep) went to Poseidon and told him to fight with the Danaans while Zeus cannot see him
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• 14.415 - Aias threw a stone into the Trojan fighters and hit one man in the chest; he spun like a tree which had been struck by a lightning bolt from Zeus
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• 14.417 - A thunderbolt from Zeus takes away the courage of anyone who sees it
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• 14.434 - The injured Hector was taken to the river Xanthos (Xanthus), the son of Zeus, and splashed with water
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• 14.522 - Lesser Aias could outrun the fleeing Trojans even though Zeus was driving them in terror
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• 15.004 - Zeus awoke on Mount Ida with Hera at his side and realized that he had been tricked
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• 15.008 - Having been tricked by Hera and Hypnos (Sleep), Zeus awakens on Mount Ida and sees Poseidon on the field of battle
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• 15.012 - On Mount Ida, Zeus threatens Hera with violence when he realizes that she has beguiled him
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• 15.047 - Zeus sends Hera to fetch Iris so he can send a warning to Poseidon
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• 15.055 - Zeus sends Hera to Mount Olympos (Olympus) to summon Iris and Apollon
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• 15.078 - Obeying Zeus, Hera leaves Mount Ida and goes to Mount Olympos (Olympus) as quickly as a thought
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• 15.085 - Winged Hera arrives on Mount Olympos (Olympus) to find Iris with the other Immortals in the house of Zeus
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• 15.091 - The goddess, Themis, knows that Zeus has frightened Hera
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• 15.097 - The goddess Hera answers divine Themis but will not admit that she was threatened by Zeus
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• 15.101 - As she sat in Zeus’ house on Mount Olympos (Olympus), Hera was smiling but the other Immortals knew that she was troubled
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• 15.104 - Hera tells the other Immortals that Zeus will do what he wishes and that they must endure any evil he sends to them
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• 15.117 - After being cautioned by Hera, Ares speaks to the other Immortals and says that they must not blame him for going into the battle in defiance of Zeus’ orders
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• 15.122 - Athene (Athena) stops Ares from leaving Mount Olympos (Olympus) and joining the fighting in defiance of Zeus’ command
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• 15.131 - Athene (Athena) tries to reason with Ares and reminds him that Hera has just returned from Zeus with a warning to the Immortals not to interfere with the war at Troy
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• 15.145 - On Mount Olympos (Olympus), Hera informs Apollon and Iris that Zeus wants them to come to Mount Ida
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• 15.147 - Hera tells Apollon and Iris that they must do whatever Zeus commands them
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• 15.152 - Apollon and Iris see the son of Kronos (Cronos) on Mount Ida
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• 15.154 - Apollon and Iris stand before the son of Kronos (Cronos) on Mount Ida
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• 15.157 - Zeus gives Iris a message for Poseidon which warns him to quit the battle and either return to Mount Olympos (Olympus) or go into the sea
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• 15.175 - Iris stands beside Poseidon on the battlefield and gives him Zeus’ message about leaving the battlefield or facing Zeus’ wrath
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• 15.188 - Poseidon tells Iris that he, Zeus and Hades were born to Rheia (Rhea) and Kronos (Cronos)
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• 15.192 - Poseidon tells Iris that lots were drawn for the division of creation and he won the sea, Zeus won the sky and Hades drew the lot for the mists and darkness
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• 15.194 - Poseidon tells Iris that Zeus should be satisfied with his portion of creation
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• 15.202 - Wind footed Iris asks Poseidon if she should relay his angry words to Zeus
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• 15.209 - Poseidon praises Iris for being a messenger who understands justice; he says he will obey Zeus’ command to leave the battlefield but adds that he and Zeus are equals
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• 15.220 - Zeus speaks to Apollon and tells him to stir Hector back into battle
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• 15.242 - Apollon awakens Hector with the will of Zeus
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• 15.254 - Apollon tells Hector that he has been sent by Zeus to stand beside him in battle and protect him
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• 15.292 - When Thoas saw that Hector was not dead, he realized that Zeus was protecting the Trojan hero
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• 15.310 - Hephaistos (Hephaestus) made the aegis for Zeus to strike terror in mortals; Apollon, followed by Hector, carried the aegis into battle on the side of the Trojans
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• 15.372 - Nestor prays to father Zeus for mercy for the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 15.375 - Nestor prays to Zeus as the ‘Olympian’
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• 15.377 - Zeus thunders in answer to Nestor’s prayer
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• 15.379 - When the Trojans heard Zeus thunder in answer to Nestor’s prayer, they mistakenly thought it was an affirmation of their impending victory
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• 15.403 - Patroklos (Patroclus) goes to Achilles and hopes that with God’s help he can persuade him to put away his anger and fight to save the ships from being burned by the Trojans
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• 15.461 - When Teukros (Teucer) tried to shot an arrow at Hector, Zeus broke the bowstring
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• 15.489 - When Hector sees how Zeus is keeping him safe from the arrows of Teukros (Teucer), he calls to the other Trojans to fight harder
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• 15.490 - Hector says that Zeus can either give a man glory or diminish him
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• 15.567 - When Aias urged the Achaeans (Achaians) to fight harder, Zeus did likewise to the Trojans
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• 15.593 - The Trojans, following Zeus’ orders, swarmed towards the Achaean (Achaian) ships like hungry lions
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• 15.596 - Zeus intends to give glory for Hector
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• 15.610 - Zeus helped Hector and gave him glory because he had only a short time to live
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• 15.637 - The Achaeans (Achaians) fled before the mad onrush of father Zeus and Hector
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• 15.694 - Zeus pushed Hector ever closer to the ships of the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 15.719 - Hector tells his men to set the Achaean (Achaian) ships afire and says that Zeus has given them their deserved victory
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• 15.724 - Hector says that, although Zeus may have opposed them in the past, he is now helping them defeat the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 16.037 - Patroklos (Patroclus) asks Achilles if he is doing the will of Zeus by not defending the ships from the Trojans
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• 16.051 - Achilles tells Patroklos (Patroclus) that he refuses to fight because of his anger towards Agamemnon and not because of a prophecy from Zeus or his mother, Thetis
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• 16.088 - Achilles tells Patroklos (Patroclus) that if he does not pursue the Trojans after he has driven them from the ships, the thundering lord of Hera, i.e. Zeus, might allow them to fight together for a greater victory
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• 16.097 - Achilles swears by father Zeus, Athene (Athena) and Apollon and wishes that he and Patroklos (Patroclus) could breach the walls of Troy together
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• 16.103 - While Patroklos (Patroclus) and Achilles were arguing, Aias was being pushed back by the will of Zeus and the ferocity of the Trojan soldiers
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• 16.120 - When Hector slashed the point from Aias’ spear, he was doing the will of Zeus
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• 16.169 - Achilles, beloved of Zeus, brought fifty ships to Troy, each with fifty men
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• 16.227 - Achilles retrieves a golden goblet from a chest his mother, Thetis, had given him and prepares a libation for Zeus
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• 16.232 - Zeus watches as Achilles prays and pours a libation
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• 16.233 - Achilles prays to Zeus, lord of Dodona
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• 16.240 - Achilles prays that Zeus will grant glory to Patroklos (Patroclus) when he rides out against the Trojans
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• 16.249 - Zeus listens to Achilles prayers, he grants one prayer but denies the another
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• 16.253 - When he finished praying to Zeus, Achilles replaced the golden cup in it’s chest
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• 16.297 - When the fire on the ships was doused, it was as if Zeus had cleared the clouds from a mountain top and fresh air was able to sweep into a valley
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• 16.365 - When Patroklos (Patroclus) charged into the Trojans, their terrified screams were like gale winds sent from the heavens by Zeus
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• 16.385 - The retreating Trojan horses ran with such fury, they sounded like the storm rains of Zeus pounding the earth
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• 16.431 - As Zeus watches his son, Sarpedon, and Patroklos (Patroclus) fight, he expresses his sorrow to Hera that his son is fated to die
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• 16.433 - Zeus can’t decide whether his son, Sarpedon, should live or die
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• 16.440 - Hera scolds Zeus for wanting to save the life of his son, Sarpedon, when he is clearly fated to die in battle
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• 16.522 - Glaukos (Glaucus) is wounded in battle and says a prayer to Apollon that he might be able to continue to fight because Sarpedon, son of Zeus, is now mortally wounded
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• 16.567 - When the soldiers of both armies were fighting over the body of Sarpedon, Zeus cast darkness over them so the fighting would be more deadly
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• 16.605 - Meriones killed Laogonos (Laogonus), the son of a priest of Zeus, Onetor
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• 16.644 - Zeus watched the fighting and pondered the proper time for the death of Patroklos (Patroclus)
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• 16.658 - In the fight for the body of Sarpedon, Hector saw that the balance of Zeus had turned against the Trojans; he mounted his chariot and shouted for his men to leave the body for the Achaeans (Achaians) and retreat
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• 16.662 - Many bodies laid atop Sarpedon because Zeus had made the fight very fierce
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• 16.666 - Zeus commands Apollon to retrieve the body of Sarpedon and return him to his home in Lykia (Lycia)
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• 16.688 - The mind of Zeus can drive a man to victory or defeat, as in the case of Patroklos (Patroclus); his initial victories only brought him closer to death
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• 16.799 - After Patroklos (Patroclus) was dead, Zeus allowed Hector to take the helmet of Achilles from Patroklos’ head
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• 16.804 - Apollon, son of Zeus, knocked the protective corselet from Patroklos (Patroclus)
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• 16.845 - The mortally wounded Patroklos (Patroclus) tells Hector that he knows he was defeated by Apollon, the son of Zeus
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• 17.019 - As Euphorbos (Euphorbus) stood boasting over the body of Patroklos (Patroclus), Menelaos (Menelaus) cautioned him that father Zeus would not condone such pride
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• 17.046 - Menelaos (Menelaus) prayed to father Zeus and lunged at Euphorbos (Euphorbus), killing him
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• 17.176 - Hector tells Glaukos (Glaucus) that Zeus can drive a man into battle and then deny him victory
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• 17.198 - Zeus sadly watches Hector putting on the armor of Achilles, which he took from the body of Patroklos (Patroclus)
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• 17.209 - As Zeus fitted the armor of Achilles to Hector, Ares entered the Trojan hero and filled him with fighting strength
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• 17.251 - Menelaos (Menelaus) calls out to the Achaean (Achaian) commanders, saying that Zeus grants them respect and honor
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• 17.268 - The son of Kronos (Cronos) put a mist around the body of Patroklos (Patroclus) and the Achaean (Achaian) soldiers who defended it
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• 17.321 - If Apollon had not entered the battle on the side of the Trojans, the Achaean (Achaian) army might have exceeded the fate that Zeus had foreseen for them
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• 17.326 - The son of Zeus, Apollon, in the guise of the herald Periphas, stirs Aineias (Aeneas) into battle
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• 17.331 - Apollon, in the guise of the herald Periphas, tells Aineias (Aeneas) that Zeus is on the side of the Trojans
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• 17.339 - Aineias (Aeneas) calls out to Hector and tells him that Zeus is lending his strength to the Trojans
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• 17.401 - Zeus put ferocity into the soldiers as they fought over the body of Patroklos (Patroclus)
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• 17.409 - Thetis often told her son, Achilles, the will of Zeus but she did not tell him of the death of Patroklos (Patroclus)
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• 17.441 - The son of Kronos (Cronos) sadly watched the horses of Achilles as they mourned the death of Patroklos (Patroclus)
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• 17.456 - Zeus put vigor in the horses of Achilles and sent then running wildly through the throng of fighting soldiers
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• 17.499 - Automedon made a prayer to Zeus as he tried to reign in the wildly running horses of Achilles
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• 17.515 - Automedon cast his spear and let Zeus guide it
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• 17.544 - Zeus sends Athene (Athena) to stir the fighting spirit of the Danaans in the battle for the dead body of Patroklos (Patroclus)
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• 17.547 - Athene (Athena), hidden in a shimmering cloud that resembled a rainbow put into the sky by Zeus, walked among the Achaeans (Achaians) and wakened their fighting spirit
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• 17.566 - The fighting spirit of Hector does not falter because Zeus is giving him glory
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• 17.593 - From mist shrouded Mount Ida, the son of Kronos (Cronos) let thunder and lightning shake the earth; victory went to the Trojans and terror befell the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 17.626 - Aias and Menelaos (Menelaus) saw clearly that Zeus was favoring the Trojans
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• 17.630 - Aias tells Menelaos (Menelaus) that even a child could see that Zeus is favoring the Trojans
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• 17.632 - Aias tells Menelaos (Menelaus) that Zeus is guiding the arrows and spears of the Trojans
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• 17.645 - Aias begs father Zeus to draw the mist from the eyes of the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 18.075 - Thetis emerges from the sea with her sisters and tells her son, Achilles, that all things are accomplished through the will of Zeus
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• 18.116 - Achilles tells his mother, Thetis, that he will kill Hector and then accept his own death at the hands of Zeus
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• 18.118 - Achilles speaks to his mother, Thetis, and says that he will accept his fate because not even the strength of Herakles (Heracles), the son of Zeus, could avert the anger of Hera
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• 18.168 - Unbeknownst to Zeus, Hera sent Iris with a secret message to Achilles about the death of Patroklos (Patroclus)
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• 18.184 - Iris tells Achilles that Hera has sent her to him unbeknownst to Zeus and the other Immortals
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• 18.202 - After Iris encouraged Achilles to stand on the battlement so the armies could see him, Athene (Athena) invisibly gave him the aegis of Zeus for protection and circled his head with a flaming, golden cloud
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• 18.292 - Hector tells Poulydamas (Polydamas) that the riches of Troy have been spent because of the anger of Zeus
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• 18.293 - Hector tells Poulydamas (Polydamas) that the squandered riches of Troy were well spent now that the son of devious Kronos (Cronos) has given them victory
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• 18.328 - Achilles tells his men that Zeus does not always grant men their desires and he knows that he will die at Troy
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• 18.356 - Zeus realizes that Hera has roused the fighting spirit of the Achaeans (Achaians) after the death of Patroklos (Patroclus)
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• 18.361 - Hera tells Zeus that she hates the Trojans and will weave sorrows for them
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• 18.431 - Thetis tells Hephaistos (Hephaestus) that no goddess has suffered the grief that Zeus has placed upon her
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• 19.087 - Agamemnon says that Zeus, Moira (Destiny) and Erinys, the mist walker, caused his dishonorable treatment of Achilles
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• 19.091 - Apate (Delusion) is the elder daughter of Zeus
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• 19.097 - Regarding the birth of Herakles (Heracles), Hera deluded Zeus
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• 19.100 - Zeus tells the other Olympians of his intentions regarding the birth of his son, Herakles (Heracles)
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• 19.108 - Hera prompted Zeus to swear that the next male child born of his bloodline would be the ruler of all those dwelling about him; Zeus meant Herakles (Heracles), but Hera tricked him and Eurystheus was the next male child born of the bloodline of Zeus
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• 19.112 - Hera makes Zeus repeat the oath he has sworn, i.e. that the next male child born of his bloodline would be the ruler of all those dwelling about him; Zeus meant Herakles (Heracles), but Hera tricked him and Eurystheus was the next male child born of the bloodline of Zeus
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• 19.120 - Hera tells Zeus that Eurystheus, and not Herakles (Heracles), was the first male child born of his bloodline
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• 19.137 - Agamemnon says that Zeus took his wits and caused his dishonorable treatment of Achilles
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• 19.197 - Agamemnon, in an attempt to apologize to Achilles, wants to feast on a boar and dedicate it to Zeus and Helios
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• 19.204 - Achilles refuses to eat with Agamemnon because Hector was given glory by Zeus and still rages on the battlefield
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• 19.223 - Agamemnon tells Achilles that men must eat to fight and that Zeus sets the balance and administers all things
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• 19.255 - Agamemnon lifts his hands and prays to Zeus
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• 19.258 - Agamemnon swears an oath to Achilles and calls upon Zeus, Helios and the Furies to make him true to his word
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• 19.270 - Achilles prays to father Zeus
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• 19.273 - Achilles says that Zeus put great delusions before them and caused the death of many Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 19.341 - Zeus tells Athene (Athena) to go to Achilles and comfort him
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• 19.357 - The soldiers marched into battle as thick as the snowflakes of Zeus borne by Boreas (North Wind)
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• 20.004 - Zeus tells Themis to summon the Immortals to Mount Olympos (Olympus)
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• 20.006 - Themis summoned the Immortals to Zeus’ house on Mount Olympos (Olympus)
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• 20.010 - The Immortals took their places in the house of Zeus on Mount Olympos (Olympus)
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• 20.012 - The Immortals assembled in the house which Hephaistos (Hephaestus) built for Zeus on Mount Olympos (Olympus)
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• 20.015 - On Mount Olympos (Olympus), Poseidon asks Zeus why he has assembled the Immortals
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• 20.018 - On Mount Olympos (Olympus), Zeus tells Poseidon and the other Immortals that they should go to Troy and join the battle
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• 20.031 - After the son of Kronos (Cronos) spoke, the Immortals descended Mount Olympos (Olympus) to join the fighting at Troy
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• 20.081 - Apollon, son of Zeus, takes the guise of king Priam’s son, Lykaon (Lycaon), and speaks to Aineias (Aeneas)
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• 20.092 - Aineias (Aeneas) tells Apollon that Zeus rescued him from Achilles
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• 20.105 - Apollon addresses Aineias (Aeneas) and confirms that Aphrodite, daughter of Zeus, is his mother and that Thetis is the mother of Achilles
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• 20.155 - As the Immortals waited on the battlefield, Zeus watched from Mount Olympos (Olympus) and urged them into battle
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• 20.192 - As they face one another in battle, Achilles speaks to Aineias (Aeneas) and reminds him that he once chased Aineias to Lyrnessos (Lyrnessus) and, with the help of Athene (Athena) and Zeus, stormed the city
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• 20.194 - As they face one another in battle, Achilles tells Aineias (Aeneas) that he would have killed him if Zeus had not intervened
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• 20.215 - As they face one another in battle, Aineias (Aeneas) tells Achilles the story of Dardanos (Dardanus)
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• 20.234 - As they face one another in battle, Aineias (Aeneas) tells Achilles the story of Zeus’ wine steward, Ganymede
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• 20.242 - As they face one another in battle, Aineias (Aeneas) reminds Achilles that Zeus gives and takes as he pleases
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• 20.301 - Poseidon realizes that Achilles must not kill Aineias (Aeneas) because it would anger the son of Kronos (Cronos)
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• 20.306 - Poseidon says that the son of Kronos (Cronos) has cursed the generation of king Priam
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• 21.002 - Achilles forced half of the retreating Trojans into the waters of Xanthos (Xanthus), the son of Zeus
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• 21.083 - Lykaon begs Achilles for his life and says that Zeus must hate him because he has been delivered into the hands of Achilles for a second time
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• 21.187 - Achilles tells the Trojan, Asteropaios (Asteropaeus), that he is a descendant of Zeus
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• 21.189 - Achilles tells the Trojan, Asteropaios (Asteropaeus), that Zeus was his great-grandfather
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• 21.190 - Achilles tells the Trojan, Asteropaios (Asteropaeus), that anyone of the generation of Zeus is stronger than someone descended from a river
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• 21.194 - Achilles tells the Trojan, Asteropaios (Asteropaeus), that someone descended from a river does not have a chance against his spear because he is descended from Zeus; he says that not even the river Ackeloios (Achelous) would dare stand against Zeus
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• 21.198 - Achilles tells the Trojan, Asteropaios (Asteropaeus), that Okeanos (Oceanus) is afraid of the lightning of Zeus
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• 21.216 - The river Skamandros (Scamander) tells Achilles that, since the son of Kronos (Cronos) is allowing him to kill so many Trojans, he should leave the bodies on the plain and not put them in the river
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• 21.230 - The river Skamandros (Scamander) refers to Zeus’ son, Apollon, as ‘lord of the silver bow’
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• 21.273 - Achilles prays to father Zeus that he will not die under the waters of the river, Skamandros (Scamander)
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• 21.290 - Poseidon tells Achilles that he will not die by the banks of the river Skamandros (Skamander) because, by the command of Zeus, he (Poseidon) and Athene (Athena) will protect him
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• 21.387 - From Mount Olympos (Olympus), Zeus was amused watching the Immortals fight on the battlefield
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• 21.401 - Ares vainly stabbed at Athene (Athena) but his spear could not penetrate the aegis of Zeus which she carried
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• 21.416 - Aphrodite, daughter of Zeus, helped Ares flee the battlefield after Athene (Athena) knocked him to the ground
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• 21.420 - Hera addresses Athene (Athena) as ‘Atrytone, daughter of Zeus’ and reprimands her for allowing Aphrodite to assist the wounded Ares
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• 21.438 - As Poseidon and Apollon hesitate to fight, Poseidon says that they cannot go back to the house of Zeus until after they have fought
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• 21.444 - Poseidon reminds Phoibos Apollon of the time when Zeus sent them to work for the king of Troy, Laomedon
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• 21.479 - Hera, consort of Zeus, berates Artemis for having the audacity to face her in battle
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• 21.483 - Hera says that Zeus has made Artemis a lion among women and berates her for daring to stand against her in battle
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• 21.499 - On the battlefield, Hermes addresses Leto and says that he does not want to fight a bride of Zeus
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• 21.506 - Artemis, the maiden, bowed at the feet of Zeus
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• 21.509 - Zeus speaks to Artemis and asks which of the gods has shamed her
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• 21.512 - Artemis answers Zeus and says that Hera hit her during the fighting at Troy
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• 21.570 - Agenor debated if he should face Achilles because Zeus was obviously protecting him
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• 22.060 - Hekabe (Hecabe) laments to her son, Hector, that the son of Kronos (Cronos) has given her a harsh fate
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• 22.130 - Hector wonders if the Olympian will choose himself or Achilles to live in glory
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• 22.166 - As Zeus watches Achilles chase Hector around the walls of Troy, he asks the other Immortals if he should allow Hector to live or die
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• 22.177 - Zeus has second thoughts about allowing Achilles to kill Hector; Athene (Athena) asks her father if he is going to save a mortal man who is doomed to death
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• 22.183 - Zeus addresses Athene (Athena) and calls her ‘Tritogeneia’
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• 22.209 - When Achilles had chased Hector four times around the walls of Troy, the Father put death on the balance scales and Hector’s death became imminent
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• 22.216 - Athene (Athena) stands beside Achilles and assures him that, since he is loved by Zeus, he will kill Hector
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• 22.221 - Athene (Athena) tells Achilles that Hector will die and that Apollon will not dare defy Zeus by protecting the Trojan hero
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• 22.280 - When a spear-throw misses Hector, he says that, unlike Zeus, Achilles does not know the future
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• 22.302 - Hector laments that Zeus and Zeus’ son, Apollon, are pleased to see that his death is imminent
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• 22.366 - Achilles tells Hector that he (Achilles) will die at the time chosen by Zeus and the other Immortals
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• 22.403 - Achilles dragged the body of Hector through the dust because Zeus had deserted the Trojan hero
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• 23.043 - Achilles takes an oath before Zeus that he will not wash the blood and gore from his body until he has given Patroklos (Patroclus) a proper funeral
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• 23.185 - Aphrodite, daughter of Zeus, drove the dogs from the corpse of Hector and anointed his body with immortal oils so that it would not be torn as Achilles dragged the lifeless body around the burial mound of Patroklos (Patroclus)
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• 23.298 - When the army was being assembled to attack Troy, Eckepolos (Echepolus) gave Agamemnon the horse, Aithe (Aethe), so that he could stay at home and enjoy the riches Zeus had given him instead of being included in the army
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• 23.306 - At the funeral games for Patroklos (Patroclus), Nestor reminds his son, Antilockos (Antilochus), that Zeus and Poseidon have loved him and taught him his horsemanship
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• 23.581 - At the funeral games for Patroklos (Patroclus), Menelaos (Menelaus) asks Antilockos (Antilochus), beloved of Zeus, to make an oath to Poseidon that he did not cheat in the chariot race
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• 23.594 - At the funeral games for Patroklos (Patroclus), Antilockos (Antilochus) tells Menelaos (Menelaus), beloved of Zeus, that he would rather forfeit the horse race than incur any ill will
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• 23.723 - At the funeral games for Patroklos (Patroclus), Aias tells Odysseus that Zeus will determine the winner of the wrestling competition
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• 24.064 - Zeus explains to Hera that Hector had been loved by the Immortals and the people of Troy
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• 24.088 - Iris tells Thetis to rise up and obey the summons of Zeus
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• 24.090 - Thetis asks Iris why Zeus has summoned her to Mount Olympos (Olympus)
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• 24.098 - Thetis and Iris find Zeus on Mount Olympos (Olympus)
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• 24.100 - On Mount Olympos (Olympus), Thetis sits by Zeus while Athene (Athena) and Hera make her comfortable
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• 24.133 - Thetis tells her son, Achilles, that she has come with a message from Zeus
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• 24.140 - Thetis tells her son, Achilles, that the Olympian commands that the body of Hector be returned to his parents
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• 24.142 - Zeus tells Iris to go to Priam and instruct him to ransom the body of his dead son, Hector, from Achilles
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• 24.169 - Iris tells to Priam that she is the messenger of Zeus
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• 24.173 - Iris tells Priam to take heart because she brings good news from Zeus
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• 24.175 - Iris tells Priam that the Olympian orders him to ransom the body of his son, Hector, from Achilles
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• 24.194 - Priam tells his wife, Hekabe (Hecabe), that a messenger from Zeus came to him
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• 24.241 - Priam laments that Zeus, the son of Kronos (Cronos), has taken the best of his sons
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• 24.287 - Hekabe (Hecabe) pours a libation to Zeus before her husband, Priam, leaves Troy to retrieve their son, Hector
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• 24.290 - Hekabe (Hecabe) tells her husband, Priam, to pray to the son of Kronos (Cronos) for a bird-sign as an omen
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• 24.296 - Hekabe (Hecabe) advises her husband, Priam, that if Zeus will not send a messenger to accompany him to the Achaean (Achaian) ships, he should not go
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• 24.301 - Priam tells his wife, Hekabe (Hecabe), that it is good to pray to Zeus
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• 24.308 - Priam pours a libation and prays to father Zeus asking him for a bird-sign as an omen
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• 24.314 - Zeus sends an eagle to Priam to show his good intentions
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• 24.331 - Zeus saw Priam on the plain outside the walls of Troy and pitied him
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• 24.333 - Zeus took pity on Priam and sent his beloved son, Hermes, to guide the old man safely to the camp of the Achaeans (Achaians)
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• 24.472 - Priam found Achilles, beloved of Zeus, and his companions
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• 24.527 - Achilles explains to king Priam that Zeus has two urns by his door, one for evils and one for blessings
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• 24.529 - Achilles explains to king Priam that Zeus bestows good and evil to all mortals
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• 24.531 - Achilles explains to king Priam that when Zeus bestows sorrow on a man, he is despised by mortals and Immortals
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• 24.553 - King Priam begs Achilles, beloved of Zeus, to take him to the body of his son, Hector
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• 24.561 - Achilles tells king Priam that he will return the body of Hector because Zeus commanded him to do so
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• 24.611 - After Apollon and Artemis killed the children of Niobe, the son of Kronos (Cronos) turned their dead bodies to stone
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• 24.635 - King Priam asks Zeus for sleep
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• 24.693 - After king Priam retrieved the body of his son, Hector, from Achilles, Hermes escorted him back to the crossing of Xanthos (Xanthus), son of Zeus
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• 24.803 - The Iliad closes with a tribute to king Priam and how he was given his authority by God

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