Divine Intervention in the Iliad

Divine Intervention in the Iliad

1. Book 1

   • Chryses prays to Apollo to punish the Greeks for not returning his daughter
     • Apollo sends a plague on the Greek camp, forcing Agamemnon to return Chryseis

2. Book 3

   • Aphrodite saves Paris from Menelaos during their 1v1 duel

3. Book 4

   • Gods have a council
     • Zeus wants to save Troy from destruction, but Hera refuses
   • Athene goes to Pandaros and gets him to break the truce by shooting Menelaus
     • This secures the fall of Troy

4. Book 6

   • Hektor send the women of Troy to pray to Athene but it does't work as she supports the Greeks

5. Book 16

   • Zeus wants to save his son Sarpedon, but Hera says that they cannot mess with fate and he agrees
   • Apollo takes Patroklos' armour so Hektor can kill him

6. Book 18

   • Thetis goes to get Achilles new armour from Haphaestion
   • Athene helps Achilles scare the Trojans away from Patroklos' body

7. Book 19

   • Thetis protects Patroklos' body whilst Achilles returns to fight
   • Agamemnon insists his actions with Achilles in Book 1 where due to Ate

8. Book 22

   • Athene disguises herself as Dephoibos and tricks Hektor so Achilles can kill him

9. Book 24

   • Apollo prevents harm to Hektors body
   • Hermes protects Priam when he enters and leaves the Greek camp