Iliad Book 3

• Where are the Trojans marching towards at the start of Book 2?

  The city gates + the Achaeans
• Who challenges one of the Achaeans to a duel?

  Paris
• Who steps out to face Paris in a duel?

  Menelaus
• What does Paris do when he sees Menelaus?

  Hides
• Who berates Paris for being a coward?

  Hector
• What are the terms of the duel between Menelaus and Paris?

  Whoever wins the duel, wins the war + gets to keep Helen
• Who disguises herself to speak to Helen?

  Iris
• Who does Iris disguise herself as?

  Laodice (Hector's sister)
• Who is gossiping about Helen by the city's gates?

  The city's elders, e.g. Ucalegon + Antenor (sages), Priam, Thymoetes
• Who takes Helen aside to cheer her up?

  Priam
• What does Priam do to distract Helen from her troubles?

  He asks her the names of the soldiers they can see on the battlefield, e.g. Agamemnon, Ajax, Odysseus
• Why does Priam stop watching the duel?

  He knows Paris will lose to Menelaus
• What happens to Menelaus' attacks on Paris?

  They get deflected due to divine interference
• How does Menelaus drag Paris once he's on the ground?

  By the chin strap of his helmet
• Who breaks Paris' chin strap and takes him away from the battlefield?

  Aphrodite
• How does Aphrodite conceal Paris as she takes him?

  With a dark cloud
• How does Aphrodite disguise herself to speak to Helen?

  As an old woman
• What does Aphrodite force Helen to do?

  Go to Paris' room and sleep with him
• What does Agamemnon argue at the end of Book 3?

  That Menelaus won the duel + he should have Helen back