Ares promptly departs to Mount Olympus and offers his complaints to Zeus. A tremendous collision occurs, and Ares is wounded by Diomedes. She takes back her earlier instruction to refrain from attacking any god except Aphrodite, and she even gets into the chariot to challenge Ares. Hera rallies the remainder of the Achaean troops, and Athena provides Diomedes with encouragement.

Athena and Hera appeal to Zeus, and he provides permission to intervene on the Achaeans’ behalf. Odysseus kills entire lines of Trojans in response to this. Sarpedon, a Trojan, kills Tlepolemus, an Achaean. Even Diomedes is frightened by the sight of a god and hero fighting side by side. Ares and Hector are too much for Achaeans to handle. With the gods’ assistance, the Trojans start being able to enjoy the upper hand in battle. Additionally, he rouses the god of war, Ares, to fight with the Trojans. Apollo leaves a replica of Aeneas’s body on the battlefield, hoping that it will affect his comrades. He pushes him aside and then removes Aeneas from the field.

Athena has limited Diomedes to challenging no god but Aphrodite. This aggressive action constitutes a breach of the agreement Diomedes has with Athena. With Aphrodite gone, Apollo tries to tend to Aeneas, but Diomedies attacks him, too. Zeus says that Aphrodite should not take part in warfare again. Aphrodite tries to help her son, Aeneas, but Diomedes cuts her wrist, causing her to return to Mount Olympus. He also wounds Aeneas, a Trojan hero mentioned in the Aeneid by Virgil. Diomedes kills every Trojan he meets, fighting in an extraordinary way. However, she warns him to refrain from challenging any of them, with the exception of Aphrodite. Diomedes offers prayers to Athena, asking for revenge, and the goddess gives him extraordinary strength and the superhuman power to discern gods present on the battlefield. Pandarus wounds Diomedes, the Achaean hero, as the battle rages.

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