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To get him out of harm's way, Nestor puts Machaon in his chariot and takes him back to the ships.

Part of the credit also goes to Paris, who shoots Machaon, the Achaian healer, in the shoulder.

Hektor is partly responsible for giving the Trojans the upper hand.

Eventually, the Achaians start to get forced back. Together, they defeat that group of Trojans.

Menelaos and Aias hear him and come to his aid.When a second round of Trojans encircles him, things are looking bad.He fights them off (i.e., kills them all) but is wounded. In an instant, he is surrounded by Trojans. Now Odysseus is left without any other Achaians around him.Then Diomedes pulls out the arrow and gets his charioteer to take him back to the ships.He starts taunting his victim, but Diomedes calls him a wuss for fighting with a bow from far away. Then, suddenly, Paris hits Diomedes in the foot with an arrow.Then he regains consciousness: he's okay. Hektor withdraws to a safer spot and braces himself while he briefly blacks out.Diomedes throws his spear and hits Hektor in the head-but it deflects off his helmet!.Although they are frightened, they don't back down. Finally, Hektor comes bearing down upon Odysseus and Diomedes.Odysseus and Diomedes lead a counterattack and kill various Trojan warriors.Seeing this, Odysseus shouts out to Diomedes, his new partner in crime (see the summary of Book 10) and asks him, "Why aren't we stopping this guy?".When Hektor sees this, he calls on his soldiers to really give it to the Achaians.He keeps fighting for a while, but eventually realizes he has to go back to the ships. Before killing one guy-Koon-Agamemnon receives a stab in the forearm.The poet asks the muse to help him remember all the dudes that Agamemnon fought with-he is killing that many.After Iris delivers this message, Hektor gets the Trojans into defensive battle lines.That said, as soon as they see Agamemnon get wounded, they have Zeus's permission to get Bronze Age on his hiney. He tells Hektor that, as long as Agamemnon is going berserk, he and the Trojans should fight defensively. Seeing this, Zeus sends a message down to Hektor via Iris.

The Trojans start fleeing toward Troy, with Agamemnon in pursuit.When the fight begins, Agamemnon kills various dudes-including some who are begging for mercy.Hate is the only god taking part in this battle, but Zeus is watching from above.Now Zeus sends panic among the troops, and makes the heavens rain blood.Zeus sends the goddess Hate down to rouse the Achaians for battle.