BOOK VIII.
ARGUMENT.
THE SECOND BATTLE, AND THE DISTRESS OF THE GREEKS.
Jupiter assembles a council of the deities, and threatens them with the pains of Tartarus if they assist either side: Minerva only obtains of him that she may direct the Greeks by her counsels.( 189) his balances the fates of both, and affrights the Greeks with his thunders and lightnings.
Nestor alone continues in the field in great danger: Diomed relieves him; whose exploits, and those of Hector, are excellently described.

Juno endeavours to animate Neptune to the assistance of the Greeks, but in vain.

The acts of Teucer, who is at length wounded by Hector, and carried off.

Juno and Minerva prepare to aid the Grecians, but are restrained by Iris, sent from Jupiter.

The night puts an end to the battle.