breaking through the Wall of the Achaeans

Here is the first explicit reference to the objective of the Trojans to break through the Wall of the Achaeans. For further references, see the list in the comment for I.12.198.Her ... Continue reading

analysis of the translation of the Will of Zeus into the fire of Hektor’s onslaught against the Achaean shipsIn the Battle for the Ships, the objective of Hector is for the Trojans ... Continue reading

Zeus, sending a violent windstorm from the heights of Mount Ida at I.12.252–254, now signals at I.12.255 that this kūdos or ‘sign of glory’ goes to the Trojans, who are already sta ... Continue reading

Most appropriately, Hector is the very first of the Trojan warriors to break through the Achaean Wall.Most appropriately, Hector is the very first of the Trojan warriors to break t ... Continue reading

... see I.01.473 and I.12.255–257.See also the comment at I.12.198 on the Battle for the Ships, the fire of Hector, and the breaking through the Wall of the Achaeans.Zeus has been waiting for the selas ‘flash of light’ ... Continue reading

... beached ships of the Achaeans.See also the comment at I.12.198 on the Battle for the Ships, the fire of Hector, and the breaking through the Wall of the Achaeans.Here at last begins the final push made by the Troja ... Continue reading

The ship of Protesilaos, which had been the first of all the Achaean ships to be beached on the shores of the bay of the Hellespont, now becomes the prime target for the fire of He ... Continue reading