The Iliad, Book 15

Zeus awakes.  No more bullshit-- he will ensure Thetis's plea is fulfilled, and tells of all coming events, to the death of Hektor.  Brushes aside Hera, summons Poseidon to leave the fighting, sends Apollo to heal Hektor and lead the Trojan charge.  At sight of healthy Hektor, Greeks retreat.  Pushed back behind the wall, their cause looks lost.  Zeus watches for a ship to catch fire, fulfilling Achilleus's request, so he may turn the fighting back to the Greeks' favor.  Hektor is raging.  Greeks fighting for honor alone in a lost cause.  At the ships, it turns to brutal hand-to-hand combat.  Hektor has hold of a ship at last, as Aias wearily beats back a wave of Trojan fighters...