Iliad 15

In this chapter, the glory of the Trojans seems to meet its highest point so far. Hector is aided by the gods to come back to war, and does so, striking fear into the hearts of the Acheans. They are pushed back to their ships, where the battle is taken. The battle rages on and many die. Ajax (one of them) rallies the Greeks in an incredible series of leaps from ship to ship. Zeus makes it known that this is the extent of the Trojan glory and they will start to lose now to the Acheans. However, Hector is given glory and honor. Also interesting was the bit at the start of the chapter about Hera convincing the gods to let Zeus be Zeus. I would have liked to see Poseidon have a deathmatch with Zeus, however, and I wish the story had taken this path. Poseidon seems to be more honorable, although the younger, and therefore not as favored by the fates.