Iliad Book 17

• Who watches Patroclus' death?

  Menelaus
• Who tries to take Patroclus' armour and who kills him?

  Euphorbus -> Menelaus
• Why is Menelaus unable to take Euphorbus' armour?

  Apollo rouses Hector to stop him
• Who does Menelaus look for to defend Patroclus' body from Hector?

  Ajax
• What does Hector do before Menelaus and Ajax return to Patroclus?

  Strips Patroclus' armour
• Who criticises Hector for leaving Sarpedon's body unprotected and what does he accuse Hector of?

  Glaucus -> accuses him of fearing Ajax
• What does Hector do with Patroclus' (Achilles') armour?

  Wears it
• What does Zeus give Hector?

  Strength
• What does Hector tell his troops they will receive if they take Patroclus' body?

  Half of Hector's own prizes from the war
• Where do the Greeks drive the Trojans back to?

  The Trojan walls
• What does Apollo do in retaliation to the Greeks pushing the Trojans back?

  Spurs Aeneas to regroup Trojan forces
• What do Xanthus and Balius sense and how do they react?

  Patroclus' death -> they weep + allow themselves to become messy/dirty in grief
• What does Zeus do to Xanthus and Balius?

  Takes pity on them for their grief + fills them with new strength
• Who do Xanthus and Balius take back into battle?

  Automedon
• Who attacks Automedon and why?

  Hector + Aeneas -> they want Achilles' immortal horses
• Who transforms to give Menelaus new strength and what do they turn into?

  Athene -> a phoenix
• What does Apollo do in retaliation against Menelaus killing Hector's close friend?

  Gives Hector strength
• What does Zeus do to turn the war in favour of the Trojans?

  Releases a thunderbolt
• What does Menelaus realise about Zeus and what does he do?

  Zeus favours the Trojans

  Menelaus + Ajax plan to pull Patroclus' body clear of fighting
• Who runs back to the Myrmidon camp to tell Achilles what happened to Patroclus?

  Antilochus
• Who picks up Patroclus' body while Aeantes defends them from the Trojans?

  Menelaus + Meriones
• What do the Achaeans do once Menelaus and Meriones have Patroclus' body?

  Withdraw