Chapter 7 - The battle is renewed with fury upon the return of Hector. Athena and Apollo meet and agree to put off the general engagement for that day, and incite Hector to challenge the Greeks to a single combat. Nine of the princes accepting the challenge, the lot is cast and falls upon Ajax. These heroes, after several attacks, are parted by the night.
The Trojans call a council, Antenor proposes the return of Helen to the Greeks, to which Paris will not consent, but offers to restore them her riches. Priam sends a herald to make this offer, and to demand a truce for burning the dead, the last of which only is agreed to by Agamemnon
When the funerals are performed, the Greeks, on the advice of Nestor, erect a fortification to protect their fleet and camp, flanked with towers, and defended by a ditch and palisades. Poseidon is jealous about this, but is pacified by a promise from Zeus. Both armies pass the night in feasting but Zeus disheartens the Trojans with thunder.
