Events mentioned in: Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 12, Fight at the Barricade

  1. Patroclus tends to Eurypylus’s wound
  2. The Argives leave Troy after it is sacked
  3. Apollo and Poseidon destroy the Achaean wall
  4. Hector urges the Trojans to cross the trench separating them from the Achaeans
  5. Polydamas urges Hector not to try and force their horses to cross the perilous Achaean trench, but rather continue on foot
  6. The Trojans divide into five companies led by Hector, Polydamas, Cebriones, Paris, Alcathous, Agenor, Helenus, Deiphobus, Asius, Aeneas, Archelochus, Acamas, Sarpedon, Glaucus, and Asteropaeus
  7. Asius, Iamenus, Orestes, Adamas, Thoon, and Oinomaos charge the Achaean wall with their horses
  8. Asius laments to Zeus that Polypoetes and Leonteus will not abandon the Achaean gate despite his attacks
  9. Polypoetes kills Damasos
  10. Polypoetes kills Pylon and Ormenus
  11. Leonteus kills Hippomachus
  12. Leonteus kills Antiphates
  13. Leonteus kills Menon, Iamenus, and Orestes
  14. The Trojans witness a divine portent in the form of a large eagle carrying a red snake, which it drops into their midst
  15. Polydamas warns Hector to heed the omen of the eagle and the snake and not engage the Danaans at their ships
  16. Hector rebukes Polydamas and ignores his advice
  17. Zeus grants victory to the Trojans
  18. The two Ajaxes raise morale amongst the Achaeans
  19. Zeus sets Sarpedon on the Argives
  20. Sarpedon tells Glaucus that they must earn their honour through glory in battle
  21. Sarpedon and Glaucus lead the Lycian host in the assault on the Achaean wall
  22. Menestheus sends his messenger, Thoötes, to enlist Ajax’s and Teucer’s help against Sarpedon and Glaucus
  23. The Greater Ajax orders the Lesser Ajax and Lycomedes to hold the line against the Danaans in his absence
  24. Ajax kills Epikles
  25. Teucer wounds Glaucus
  26. Sarpedon kills Alcmaon
  27. Zeus saves Sarpedon from being killed by Ajax and Teucer
  28. Sarpedon rebukes the Lycians for failing to help him
  29. The Lycians and the Argives fight for possession of the Achaean wall
  30. Zeus grants Hector victory, allowing the Trojans to scale and overtake the Achaean wall
  31. The Danaans flee to their ships in the chaos ensuing from Hector’s victory
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