Iliad Book 10

• Who can't sleep at the start of Book 10?

  Agamemnon
• Who does Agamemnon look for and why?

  Nestor -> to come up with a new plan
• Who also can't sleep and what do they find Agamemnon doing?

  Menelaus -> Agamemnon is arming up
• What does Agamemnon tell Menelaus to do?

  Gather Ajax + Idomeneus
• What does Agamemnon tell Menelaus about why he is readying for battle?

  Zeus has turned against the Greeks -> "It's clear that Hector's offerings mean more to him than ours"
• Who is Idomeneus' attendant?

  Meriones
• What does Agamemnon tell Menelaus to remind Ajax and Idomeneus of and why?

  Their lineage and fathers' names -> they have standards to live up to
• Who does Agamemnon discuss his worries about the war with after Menelaus leaves?

  Nestor
• Who does Nestor wake up next?

  Diomedes + Odysseus
• Who is gathered together to make a new plan?

  Ajax, Idomeneus, Menelaus, Agamemnon, Nestor, Odysseus, Diomedes
• What simile is used to describe the group devising the new plan?

  They're like alert dogs keeping watch over their flocks in a farmyard hearing a savage animal in the distance
• What does Nestor ask the group?

  If any of them are willing to infiltrate the Trojan camp
• Who volunteers to infiltrate the Trojan camp? Who does he choose to go with him?

  Diomedes -> Odysseus
• Who sends the Greeks a good luck sign and what is it?

  Athene -> a heron flying to the right (right = good luck, left = bad luck)
• What do Diomedes and Odysseus do after they see Athene's good luck sign?

  Pray to her
• What does Hector plan to do?

  Carry out a mission to get information from the Greek camp
• Who volunteers for Hector's mission?

  Dolon
• What happens at the start of Dolon's mission?


  He is spotted by Diomedes + Odysseus -> they plan how to capture him
• What is Dolon promised by Hector in return for being a spy?

  Achilles' horses and bronze-inlaid chariot
• Why doesn't Dolon run immediately after hearing footsteps behind him?

  He thinks they're Trojans who have come to give him different orders
• What simile is used to describe Dolon and Diomedes + Odysseus?

  They're like experienced hunting dogs pursuing a screaming fawn/hare through the woods
• Who helps Diomedes catch Dolon and how?

  Athene -> she gives him extra speed
• Why does Diomedes miss Dolon with his spear on purpose?

  To stop him without hurting him so they can interrogate him
• What does Dolon do once Diomedes and Odysseus have pinned him down?

  He bursts into tears + begs to be taken alive as his father can give them a ransom
• What does Odysseus say to Dolon in response to his pleas?

  "Pull yourself together, man, and don't worry about dying"
• What does Dolon do when Odysseus questions him?

  Dolon tells him the entire Trojan plan without hesitation
• What does Diomedes give Dolon?

  A black look
• What does Diomedes do to Dolon after he's given up everything?

  Decapitates him mid-sentence
• Where do Diomedes and Odysseus go after killing Dolon?

  The Thracian camp
• What do Diomedes and Odysseus do when they get to the Thracian camp?

  Kill sleeping soldiers (Diomedes) and steal King Rhesus' horses (Odysseus)
• Who warns Diomedes and Odysseus that it's time to leave the Thracian camp?

  Athene
• Who finds out what Athene has done to help Diomedes and Odysseus and what do they do?

  Apollo -> he wakes up the Thracian camp
• Who praises the capture of King Rhesus' horses?

  Nestor
• What do Diomedes and Odysseus do when they get back to the camp?

  Wash themselves in the sea

  Bathe together

  Rub themselves in olive oil

  Drink in praise to Athene then eat