THE TEMPORAL STRUCTURE OE THE ILIAD Prologue ( 1.1-12a): the poet invokes his Muse and announces his theme I.  Exposition (21 days)
1. Day I (1.12D-52): Chryses
2. Dans 2-9 (1.5 J): plague in Creek camp
J.   Day 10 (1.54-476): quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles, embassy to Chryse
4. Day 11 (1.477^192): return of embassy, wrath of Achilles
5. Days 12-20 (1.493): gods visit the Ethiopians
b.   Day 21 and following night (1.49 3-2.47): Thetis' plea to Zeus. Agamemnon's dream
U. Main Narrative (6 days)
7.   Day 22 (2.48-7. iSO): First Day of Fighting
- Agamemnon tempts the army
- catalogues (review of troops)
- lirst truce: duel of Menelaus and Paris is to decide outcome of war
- Helen and Priam look down on Greek army from walls of Troy
- PandanM hrenks truce
— great deeds of Diomedes
— Hector in Troy
— duel between Hector and Ajax
8. Day 23 (7.381-4 32): second truce, burials of the dead
9. Day 24 (7.4 3 3-482): Greeks build walls around their camp 10.   Day 2 5 and following night (S. 1-10.579): Second Day of Fighting
— Greeks forced to retreat
— Trojans camp on the plain before Troy
— Greek embassy to Achilles
— Dolon episode
1 1.   Day 26 and following night (11.1-1S.617): Third Day of Fighting
- great deeds of Agamemnon
- great deeds of Hector
- Greek leaders wounded
- Achilles sends Patroclus to Nestor
- lighting at the walls of the Greek camp
- Trojans invade Greek camp
- lighting by the Greek ships
- Hera seduces Zeus
- great deeds of Patroclus. his death in a duel with Hector
- Achilles' new armor, description of his shield
12. Day 27 and following night (19.1-2 i. 110a): Fourth Day of Fighting
- settlement of quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles
- great deeds of Achilles
- duel of Achilles and Hector. Hector's death
III.   Conclusion (24 days)
13. Day 28 (2 3.1 l()b-2 57a): funeral of Patroclus
14. Day 29 and following night (2 3.2 5 7b-24.21): games in honor of Patroclus
15. Days W-40 (24.22-30): Achilles abuses Hector's body
16. Day 41 and following night (24.31-694): Priam visits Achilles and obtains release of Hector's body
17. Day 42 (24.695-781): Hector brought back to Troy
18. Days 43-50 (24.782-784): third truce
19. Day 51 (24.785-804): funeral of Hector