Events mentioned in: Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 18, Armour of Achilles

1. Achilles ponders the fate of Patroclus
2. Antilochus tells Achilles that Patroclus is dead and that Hector has his armor
3. Achilles, his captive bondswomen, and Antilochus are plunged into grief over the death of Patroclus
4. Thetis mourns Achilles’ fate to the Nereids
5. Thetis and the Nereids come up out of the sea to see Achilles
6. Thetis and Achilles discuss his grief and certain impending death by Hector’s hand
7. Thetis orders the Nereids to tell Nereus of Achilles’ fate
8. Thetis tells Achilles not to rejoin the Achaeans until she seeks out Hephaestus to craft Achilles a suit of armor
9. The two Ajaxes and Hector fight over the body of Patroclus
10. Iris visits Achilles in secret to urge him to recover the body of Patroclus
11. Athena gives Achilles her tasseled aegis and a helm fashioned from a golden cloud
12. Achilles stands by the trench and shouts three times, confusing the Trojans
13. Twelve Trojan champions fall, and the Achaeans are able to recover the body of Patroclus
14. Hera makes the sun set so that the Achaeans receive a break from fighting
15. Polydamas advises the Trojans that they retreat to the city for the night
16. Hector asserts that the Trojans should remain where they are, and the Trojans, robbed of their sense by Athena, concur
17. Achilles and the Achaeans mourn Patroclus throughout the night
18. Achilles swears vengeance on Hector and the Trojans for Patroclus’ death
19. The Achaeans clean and prepare the body of Patroclus
20. Zeus and Hera discuss her attachment to the Achaeans
21. Thetis visits the house of Hephaestus, and begs him to make armour for Achilles
22. Hephaestus forges a shield and armor for Achilles
23. Thetis takes the armor Hephaestus crafted and leaves Olympus