Iliad- Book 4 Summary And Analysis

Question 1

how does book 4 start

Answer 1

with the gods arguing over the war
zeus suggests that helen should go home with menalaus
zeus and hera argue over the distruction of troy
zeus sends athena to provoke her to break the truce

Question 2

what does athena do to panartus

Answer 2

provokes him to try to kill menalaus
the arrow hits him in the belt and breaks the truce

Question 3

gods vs humans

Answer 3

while watching the battle
body all the same passons and flaws as humans, interacting with them to persuade them into action
difference being that the gods cant die making their conflict trivial in contrast to whats happening on the battlefield

Question 4

book 4 conflict

Answer 4

describes as brutal and gory
describing individual battles creating a varity of battle deaths nither is potrayed bettwe than the other - men from both sides laying dead next to eachother