Hector and Paris get back in the fight and the Trojans are starting to turn the tide of battle. The gods Apollo and Athene talk and decide to have Hector challenge the Greeks. The Greeks are embarrassed at this because no man comes forward; finally, Menelaus says he will meet Hector. Then his brother Agamemnon talks him out of it, at last the warrior Ajax comes forward to fight Hector. They fight, but of respect for each other, they decide to call it off, because it is getting dark. Both sides agree to let the other gather and burn their dead, while this is going on two things happen. The Greeks build a wall and dig a trench in front of their ships, and the Trojans have a meeting. Antenor mentions that Paris gives Helen and all her treasure back to the Greeks. Paris at refuses this suggestion; however, he offers to return her treason and some of his besides. The Trojan Idaeus go to the Greeks and makes this offer, the Greeks refuse, for a time both sides get some sleep.
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