The Iliad - Book 8 - The tide of battle turns
- Reading time: about 38 minutes
- This book establishes the need for an embassy to Achilles to try to urge him to help his Achaeans. The Achaeans are routed, the Trojans ascendent.
The gods
- Certainly by the time Zeus calls his wife Hera a mean bitch, it is clear that we have a different conception of the deity as characters in this poem than we may be used to in contemporary religions. Take some time to note the characteristics of Homer's gods, epsecially as shown in this book. [Discuss Il 08-Homer's gods]
- Athena
