“Zeus the father held out his golden scales: in them he placed two destinies of death... one for the Trojan knights, one for the Argives... the destiny of Achaia stabilizing itself on the earth... Zeus unleashed a violent roar of thunder, hurling his arrows at the Achaean armies in a flash” (8,88-9). Zeus' thunderbolts frightened the Achaeans and forced them to retreat once again. Agamemnon stated, “The heart of Zeus is turned away: his mighty heart is set more on Hector's offerings than on ours” (10:53-4). The Achaeans, especially their leader, were petrified knowing that Zeus was fighting against them. “Zeus hurled war upon the swift ships of Achaia” (11.3) and “Zeus drove away a whirlwind of panic in their lines and released a rain of blood from the heavens that rained down” (11.60-1). Zeus capsized their ships and sent blood that allowed Hector to breach the Achaean fortifications. Zeus is relentless, beating the Achaeans every chance he gets, taking away the only thing that drives them