Book IV-The Truce Erupts in War A quarrel in Olympus-Minerva goes down and persuades Pandarus to violate the oaths by wounding Menelaus with an arrow-Agamemnon makes a speech and sends for Machaon-He then goes about among his captains and upbraids Ulysses and Sthenelus, who each of them retort fiercely-Diomed checks Sthenelus, and the two hosts then engage, with great slaughter on either side.Book III-Helen Reviews the Champions Alexandrus, also called Paris, challenges Menelaus-Helen and Priam view the Achæans from the wall-The covenant-Paris and Menelaus fight, and Paris is worsted-Venus carries him off to save him-Scene between him and Helen.Book II-The Great Gathering of Armies Jove sends a lying dream to Agamemnon, who thereon calls the chiefs in assembly, and proposes to sound the mind of his army-In the end they march to fight-Catalogue of the Achæan and Trojan forces.Book I-The Rage of Achilles The quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles-Achilles withdraws from the war, and sends his mother Thetis to ask Jove to help the Trojans-Scene between Jove and Juno on Olympus.
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