The Iliad — Places
Where things happened. Only places the text names are listed.
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25 places
Ilius
8 events · BOOK VI, BOOK XVII, BOOK XXI, BOOK XXII, BOOK XXIV
- BOOK VI · Helenus orders Hector and Aeneas to rally the Trojans and defend Ilius.
- BOOK VI · Hector rallies the Trojans, causing them to face the Achaeans and halt their attack.
- BOOK XVII · Hector took Achilles’ armour from Patroclus and put it on.
- BOOK XXI · Presently — Achilles drives the Trojans into Ilius, while Apollo rescues Agenor and diverts Achilles.
- BOOK XXII · Hector refuses his parents’ pleas and remains outside the city to face Achilles.
- BOOK XXII · Priam and Hecuba publicly lament Hector’s death as his body is dragged away.
- BOOK XXIV · Priam prepares a ransom and departs Ilius with Idaeus to recover Hector’s body.
- BOOK XXIV · on the morning of the eleventh day — Trojans gather Hector’s bones, seal them in a golden urn, and bury them beneath a barrow.
Olympus
8 events · BOOK I, BOOK IV, BOOK V, BOOK VIII, BOOK XVIII, BOOK XXI, BOOK XXIV
- BOOK I · after twelve days — Jove promises Thetis that the Trojans will gain victory until the Achaeans restore Achilles’s honor.
- BOOK IV · Jove orders Minerva to make the Trojans break their oaths and attack the Achaeans.
- BOOK V · Paeeon heals Mars’s wound on Olympus.
- BOOK VIII · Now when Morning — Jove forbade the gods from interfering in the war.
- BOOK VIII · With this — Juno and Minerva abandoned their attempt to fight after Jove ordered them back.
- BOOK XVIII · Lastly — Vulcan completes Achilles's armour, and Thetis carries it away from his house.
- BOOK XXI · Then — Juno beats Diana and strips away her bow and arrows.
- BOOK XXIV · The nine days past — Jove orders Achilles to accept Priam’s ransom and surrender Hector’s body.