Book 14 Quiz

Nestor leaves the wounded [blank_start]Machaon[blank_end] in his tent and goes to meet the other wounded Achaean commanders out [blank_start]by the ships[blank_end].

[blank_start]Agamemnon[blank_end] proposes giving up and setting sail for home.

Nestor finds Agamemnon sitting with [blank_start]Diomedes[blank_end] and [blank_start]Odysseus[blank_end] away from the fighting. All three are injured.

[blank_start]Diomedes[blank_end], though the youngest, asserts his place among the captains and advises that although they are injured, they can still help rouse the men into battle.

Poseidon comes to Agamemnon’s side and reassures him that the [blank_start]Trojans will be turned back[blank_end].

On Olympus, [blank_start]Hera[blank_end] watches the actions of Poseidon and is pleased

Hera goes to [blank_start]Aphrodite[blank_end] and asks her for a favor.

Aphrodite lends Hera [blank_start]a magical breastband[blank_end] that will [blank_start]make any man feel love and longing[blank_end] for its wearer.

Hera flies to the dwelling places of the god [blank_start]Sleep[blank_end].

Hera promises Sleep one of the [blank_start]Graces[blank_end] as a wife, a young goddess that Sleep has longed for.

Hera flies to [blank_start]Mount Ida[blank_end], where [blank_start]Zeus[blank_end] is enthroned. Sleep hides nearby in the form of [blank_start]a bird[blank_end], waiting to perform his task.

Sleep sends word to [blank_start]Poseidon[blank_end] that Zeus is asleep and that he may do as he pleases.

Hector cannot pierce Ajax’s armor, but Ajax [blank_start]hurls an enormous boulder[blank_end] at Hector, bowling him over and nearly knocking him out.

he Trojan captains surround Hector and [blank_start]drag him clear of the fighting[blank_end].

Eventually, the strength of the [blank_start]Achaeans[blank_end] prevails, and the [blank_start]Trojans[blank_end] are routed back toward their city.