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BOOK IV.
THE BREAKING OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE,
A Council of the Gods, who decide that the War shall go on.--
Minerva sent down to cause the Breaking of the Truce.-- Pan-
darus persuaded by her to aim an Arrow at Menelaus, who is
wounded by it, and healed by Machaon.-- Exhortations of Aga-
memnon addressed to the Greek Chiefs.-- A Furious Battle, and
Great Slaughter on Both Sides.. . . . . . . . 		87

BOOK V.
THE EXPLOITS OF DIOMED.
The Valor of Diomed, aided by Minerva.-- He is wounded by Pan-
darus, and healed by the Goddess, who forbids him to fight with
any of the Immortals, save Venus.-- His Combat with Pandarus
and Æneas.-- Pandarus slain, and Æneas, wounded and in Great
Danger, rescued by Venus, who in the Act is wounded by Diomed,
and leaves Æneas to the Care of Apollo. -- Descent of Mars to
the Field in Aid of Hector.-- Return of Æneas to the Field.--
Descent of Juno and Minerva to resist Mars, who is wounded by
Diomed.-- Return of the Gods to Heaven. . . . . . 		111

BOOK VI.
INTERVIEWS BETWEEN GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND HECTOR
AND ANDROMACHE.
Successes of the Greeks.-- Hector recalled to Troy by Helenus, to
appoint a Procession of the Trojan Matrons to the Temple of
Minerva.-- Meeting of Glaucus and Diomed, who recognize each
other as Old Friends.-- Their Exchange of Weapons.-- Meeting
of Hector and Andromache, and Return of Hector and Paris to
the Field.. . . . . . . . . . . . 		151

BOOK VII.
THE COMBAT OF HECTOR AND AJAX.
Prowess of Hector.-- Meeting of Minerva and Apollo near the
Scæan Gates.-- They incite Hector to challenge the Greeks to a
Single Combat.-- Ajax selected by Lot to meet Hector.-- The
Combat ended by the Night.-- Proposal of Antenor to deliver Helen to the Greeks.-- Refusal of Paris, who offers to restore her
Wealth.-- Rejection of this Offer by Agamemnon.-- A Truce for
burying the Dead.-- The Greek Camp fortified. . . . . 		174

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Iliad of Homer. Contributors: William Cullen Bryant - transltr, Sarah E. Simons - editor, Homer - author. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin. Place of Publication: Boston. Publication Year: 1916. Page Number: xii.
    
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