when Nisus and Euryalus leave the Trojan defences in Book 9 to slaughter the Latin captains while they sleep. It also features in Book 10, when Mezentius takes the place of Turnus and strikes down all in his path: it draws upon Homeric models, using a simile. Camilla also has an aristeia in Book 11 killing twelve opponents, but ends with her death. In Paradise Lost, Books V and VI see the most individual moments of battlefield domination (aristeia), associated with (for example) the figure of Abdiel. Recent examples In the film 300, individual Spartan deaths are often portrayed as a Homeric aristeia. See also Arete (excellence) References External links Aristeia A comic-strip explanation of the formula of an Aristeia by Greek Myth Comix Arming formula A comic-strip explanation of the arming sequence that tales place at the beginning of an Aristeia by Greek Myth Comix Ancient Greek theatre Narratology