Events mentioned in: Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Paris, Menelaus, & Helen

  1. The Achaeans and Trojans advance on each other
  2. Paris presents himself as the Trojan champion
  3. Menelaus answers Paris’ challenge to single combat
  4. Paris runs in fear from Menelaus
  5. Hector scolds Paris for his cowardice
  6. Paris agrees to fight Menelaus in single combat
  7. Hector proposes that Menelaus and Paris fight for possession of Helen
  8. Menelaus agrees to fight Paris in single combat
  9. Iris disguises herself as Laodice
  10. Iris tells Helen about the impending fight between Paris and Menelaus
  11. Helen watches the Greek and Trojan armies with the Trojan elders
  12. Helen identifies the Achaean champions for Priam
  13. Trojans heralds prepare for a sacrifice
  14. Priam and Antenor ride through the Scaean Gates to meet with Agamemnon and Odysseus
  15. The Trojans and the Greeks swear oaths and conduct a sacrifice together
  16. Hector and Odysseus draw lots to see who will take aim first in the fight between Paris and Menelaus
  17. The Trojans and Achaeans pray the fight between Paris and Menelaus ends the war
  18. Paris and Menelaus put on their armor
  19. Paris and Menelaus fight for possession of Helen
  20. Aphrodite saves Paris’ life by intervening in his fight with Menelaus
  21. Aphrodite disguises herself as an old woman
  22. Aphrodite asks Helen to visit Paris in his rooms
  23. Helen berates Aphrodite
  24. Aphrodite threatens to abandon Helen to her fate
  25. Helen and Paris fight about his escape from battle with Menelaus
  26. Paris seduces Helen
  27. Menelaus searches the battlefield for Paris
  28. Agamemnon declares Menelaos the winner of the fight with Priam
  29. Agamemnon demands the return of Helen and her goods
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