Iliad Themes; Divine Intervention

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  • Divine Intervention
    • Book 1, Athene tells Achilles not to kill Agamemnon;  Achilles will get great glory
      • Book 1 Hera gives the idea to Agamemnon to call an assembly about plague
      • Book 1, Achilles cries to mother to try and convince Zeus to make the Greeks lose so they miss him
      • Book 1, Chryses prays to Apollo to help punish the Greek for not giving back Chryseis; plague
    • Book 3, NO intervention by Zeus- cannot grant prayer by allowing Ilium to be saved (fate)
      • Book 3, Aphrodite swoops in and saves Paris from duel
        • Book 3, Aphrodite disguises as old woman to get Helen to go to Paris who is in his room, then forces her to using reputation and hate
      • Book 3, Iris disguises as Laodice to tell Helen of the news of the duel
    • Book 4, Athene disguises as Laodocus to persuade Pandarus to shoot at Menelaus (she diverts the arrow) oath broken.
      • Book 4, Zeus argues with Hera, fails to get her to make peace with the Trojans.
    • Book 6, Gods cannot intervene no longer, ignores the Trojan sacrifice and prayer.
    • Book 11, Zeus calls Strife- give courage to Greeks
      • Book 11, Zeus sends Isis to Hector; If Agamemnon is wounded, he should fight
    • Book 16, Achilles' prayer to Zeus- give me honour, make sure Patroclus returns- only answers the honour part.
      • Book 16, Patroclus kills Sarpedon, Zeus' son, but Zeus cannot save him as it will make gods angry.
      • Book 16, Glaucus pray to Apollo, heal him so he can fight, he rescues Sarpedon's body for burial, disguises as Asius to encourage Hector to fight, tells him it is actually Patroclus
      • Book 16, Apollo hits Patroclus on the head, causes eyes to spin, armour falls off.
    • Book 18, Thetis comforts Achilles, promises new armour from Hephaestus
      • Hera tells Iris secretly to prepare for battle, naked to scare, Athene's war cry, kill 12 T
      • Book 18, Hephaestus build the armour, shield with layers; marriage, ocean, cattle, seige, dancing
    • Book 19, Thetis preserves Patroclus' body from rotting with nectar and ambrosia- tells Achilles to end the feud.
      • Book 19,, Agamemnon blames hubris in Bk1 on Delusion.
      • Book 19, Zeus sends Athene to feed starving Achilles with ambrosia and nectar- food of the gods.
      • Book 19, divine horse Xanthus prophetises his death by Paris and Apollo (god and man)
    • Book 22, Apollo distracts, leads Achilles further from the Sceaen Gate
      • Priam blames his fate on Zeus. Zeus unhappy as he cannot save Hector as gods unhappy.
        • Book 22, Athene tells Achilles to catch breath to bring back Hector-disguise Deiphobus false hope Hector. Makes Achilles' spear miss, but returns it to him.
        • Zeus' golden scales fate came down on Hector.
    • Book 23,  Thetis tears Greeks, Aphrodite restores Hectors body ambrosia and rose oil Apollo shadow cloud.
      • Book 23, Achilles pray god wind Boreas and Zephyr- pyre fire,
      • Book 23, chariot race, Apollo makes Diomedes' whip fall, Athene angry, causes Eumelus to crash as winning because of Apollo.
    • Book 24, Apollo and Hera argue, rescue Hector. Zeus' plan ransom- send Iris to Thetis who tells Achilles gods displeased.
      • Book 24, Zeus' golden eagle lead. Hermes disguises Greek look after Priam- tells of Hectors healed body.
      • Book 24, Hermes help open pinewood door, gives advice to beg by knees and invoke father, mother son to Achilles

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