Iliad Book 10

Although Book 10 did not include many important events in regards to the war going on, there was a few things that I found interesting. Beginning on line 299, the scene started in the perspective of the Trojans, who were trying to gather a man up for the task of spying on the opposing forces. A man named Dolon offers to go on ahead in exchange for a chariot in his name after the war is over. After that is said and done, Dolon is swiftly captured by Odysseus and Diomedes, who saw him coming the instant that he left his camp. Without a second thought, Dolon proceeds to spill the beans on everything the Achaians would want to know about their enemy, including army size, battle plans, positioning etc. Dolon had willingly given all this information in hopes of being left alive but Diomedes decides otherwise and executes him once he is useless. I believe this scene is important because it shows that the morale of some of the Trojan men is not very high if they are willing to leak information when they are captured by the enemy. This, along with the fact that some of the Trojans including Agamemnon and Menelaos were very restless to begin with, makes me believe that they have a slim chance of winning the war against the Achaians.