Chapter 8 - Zeus assembles a council of the deities, and threatens them with the pains of Tartarus if they assist either side: Athena asks that she may direct the Greeks by her counsels. The armies join battle: Zeus on Mount Ida weighs in his balances the fates of both, and frightens the Greeks with his thunder and lightnings.
Nestor alone continues in the field in great danger: Diomed assists him; whose exploits, and those of Hector, are described. Hera asks Poseidon to help the Greeks, but in vain. The acts of Teucer, who is wounded by Hector, and carried off. Hera and Athena prepare to aid the Greeks, but are restrained by Iris, sent from Zeus.
The night puts an end to the battle. Hector continues in the field, (the Greeks being driven to their fortifications before the ships,) and gives orders to keep the watch all night in the camp, to prevent the enemy from re-embarking and escaping by flight. They kindle fires through all the fields, and pass the night under arms.
