This material has been used for many years by Professor Tom Sienkewicz in his courses at Howard University and
at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. If you have any questions, you may contact him at toms@monm.edu.
ANALYSIS OF ILIAD X
This analysis is based upon A Study of the "Iliad" in Translation by Frank Lowry Clark. (Chicago: The University of
Chicago Press, 1927).
I. Summons of the Greek chieftains to a night council, 1-179
a) Agamemnon, unable to sleep, goes to Menelaus, 1-24
b) Menelaus, on his way to call Agamemnon, meets the king and takes council, 25-71
c) Nestor is summoned by Agamemnon, 72-130
d) Odysseus is summoned by Nestor, 131-47
e) Diomedes is summoned by Odysseus, 148-76
f) Ajax and Meges are summoned by Diomedes, 177-79
II. Visit of the chieftains to the sentinels, 180-93
III. Night council of the Greeks, 194-253
a) Nestor's speech, urging the sending of spies to the Trojan camp, 204-17
b) Diomedes volunteers, but asks for a comrade, 218-26
c) Many volunteer, 227-32
d) Agamemnon bids Diomedes choose among the volunteers, 233-39
e) Diomedes chooses Odysseus, 233-39
f) Odysseue accepts, 248-53
IV. Preparations for the night raid of Diomedes and Odysseus, 254-98
a) Diomedes and Odyssus arm and set out, 254-98
b) Athena sends a favorable omen in form of a heron, the rustle of whose wings is heard in the darkness, 272-76
c) Both Odysseus and Diomedes offer up prayer, 277-94
V. Night council of the Trojans, 299-331
a) Hector calls for a spy to go to the Greek camp, 299-312
b) Dolon volunteers, 313-31
VI. The Doloneia, the nnNight raid of Dolon, 332-37
VII. The capture and death of Dolon, 338-468
VIII. The capture of the horses of Rhesus, 469-525
IX. Return of Diomedes and Odysseus to the Greek camp, 526-79