id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt homer-iliad_08 homer-iliad_08 .txt text/plain 5381 178 77 Thrice did he doubt, and thrice did Jove thunder from the heights of Ida in token to the Trojans that he would turn the battle in their favour. Jove forbids the gods to interfere further—There is an even fight till midday, but then Jove inclines the scales of victory in favour of the Trojans, who eventually chase the Achaeans within their wall—Juno and Minerva set out to help the Trojans: Jove sends Iris to turn them back, but later on he promises Juno that she shall have her way in the end—Hector's triumph is stayed by nightfall—The Trojans bivouac on the plain. cache/homer-iliad_08.txt txt/homer-iliad_08.txt