The Greeks and Trojans fall into battle, many great warriors are wounded. Though Achilles is unmoved,  Patroklos takes desperate mesaures to save the Greeks from doom.

Agammemnon mortally insults Achilles, who refuses to fight any longer; despite the King's generous offer, and attempts by Odysseus and others to change his mind, Achilles resolves to quit the war in seething anger.

King Menelaus tells Telemachus of what tidings the Ancient One, Proteus, has of Odysseus, and of the great warrior Achilles.

Telemachus and his guide, Peisistratus, ride to the great halls of Nestor and Menelaus, where they at last meet Helen for whom the Greeks went to war.

With Athene's help, Telemechus prepares for his voyage, and sets sail with his young companions to the singing of the minstrel of the Tale of Troy.

Odysseus is called away, and Telemachus his son grows into manhood. He meets a mysterious stranger at the gate of his home, and explains to him why his house has been overrun by suitors to his mother.