Okay, so this is my summary of Book 2:
Nestor had a Dream sent by Zeus to make him think that his side, the Achaeans, would do well in the war. He told the whole council about his Dream and they took it to heart. They decided to prep the armies for battle. What they didn't know was that Zeus had promised Thetis that he would pin their backs against the wall until they admitted that they needed Achilles.
Then they found out that the Dream was a lie (Zeus') and they wanted to run home. But Hera freaked out and told Athena to go stop it so Athena went to Odysseus and had him stop them all from leaving. But some guy was there saying horrible things about their king, Agamemnon. This guy's name was Thersites. And he was taunting Agamemnon. So Odysseus beat the crap out of him.
For some reason, the people who were in charge (Nestor, Agamemnon, and Odysseus) were really mean to their troops...which is weird because Odysseus is usually nice to them...I think they were intending reverse psychology so that the troops would stay instead of trying to go home.
After that, it just lists the different groups and different leaders for both the Trojans and the Achaeans.
Any questions? No? Good. If you said yes, I'll kill you :)
So now we're starting Book 3: Helen Reviews the Champions
BUT not until tomorrow.
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