Iliad Book 4

• Who is arguing at the start of Book 4?

  Hera + Zeus
• Why are Hera and Zeus arguing?

  Zeus -> war is over + Greeks won

  Hera -> put too much effort into Greeks = Trojans must be destroyed (wants to restart war)
• Who does Zeus send down to the battlefield to please Hera?

  Athene
• What does Athene do to restart the war?

  Disguises herself as another soldier + convinces Pandarus to shoot Menelaus for kleos

  She deflects Pandarus' arrow so that it grazes Menelaus without killing him
• Where does Pandarus' arrow hit Menelaus?

  His thigh
• Who rallies the Achaean ranks to restart the war?

  Agamemnon
• Who does Agamemnon meet while going around the soldiers?

  Nestor, Odysseus + Diomedes
• Who tells Agamemnon he is being too harsh in criticising the soldiers?

  Odysseus
• Whose pride does Agamemnon challenge to rile them up?

  Diomedes + Sthenelus
• How does Aamemnon challenge Diomedes and Sthenelus?

  He compares them to their fathers

  Diomedes = receptive to criticism

  Sthenelus = angry + feels disrespected
• Which gods are helping each side?

  Athene helps Greeks, Apollo helps Trojans