Ring Composition

• The plot follows the structure of mirroring events that go ABCDCBA
• "A" events in ring composition include Books 1 and 24 where a father comes as a supplicant (Chryses and Priam) to ask for their child's return.
• The first fight scene in book 3 contains a duel between Menelaus and Paris and the last fight scene contains a duel between Achilles and Hector
• Nestor's ring composition speech in book 1

  • A Nestor entreaties Achilles to accept his advice
  • B Gives the advice (and people in the past listened)
  • C He tells his own story
  • B Gives the advice (and people in the past listened)
  • A Nestor entreaties Achilles to accept his advice