Résumé: The next morning the contingent commanded by Iolaus, king of Phylake, leads the Achaean army's attack on Troy. The foremost ships crash into the ships of some Levantine merchants on the beach of the bay south of Troy. Despite the resulting confusion, the Achaeans stream ashore, killing all those they find.
Palamedes of Nauplia takes his contingent of ships to cut off an unidentified fleet sailing up the coast toward Troy.
In the presence of the Trojan royal family and religious leaders, Hektor and Andromache celebrate their wedding in the courtyard of the Trojan palace. The wedding is interrupted by Kassandra's cries of doom. No sooner is Kassandra subdued than the wedding is interrupted again by a watchman with news of the Achaean attack. All the men of fighting age rush off to arm.
Streaming from the city in chariots, the Trojans and their allies clash with the Achaeans. Hektor kills Iolaus.
The albino Kyknos, king of Kolonae, arrives with his army to fight the Achaeans, though the Trojans did not ask for his help. Achilles attacks Kyknos, who seems impervious to harm. But Achilles is persistent and at last succeeds in strangling Kyknos with his helmet straps.