![]() ![]() But Apollo, the savior of the Trojans, dashes away Patroclus' armor and the Trojan prince Hector slays him. He sends his beloved friend Patroclus into battle. He watches as his comrades fall one by one and finally puts his pride aside. ![]() He is the greatest hero in The Iliad and known for his rage, impulsiveness and courage. He has been rendered immortal like the gods except for one spot near his foot where his mother held him while she dipped him in the Styx. Achilles, who is sulking in his tent refuses to fight and the Greeks suffer terrible losses.Īchilles, a demigod is the son of the sea nymph Thetis and the King of the Myrmidions Peleus. The mighty Zeus steps in to prod the Trojans into breaching the truce. But finally, even the gods cannot stay neutral. However, Zeus has prohibited them from openly interfering. The gods in Olympus watch horrified as the best of Greeks and Trojans are slain. An uneasy truce has been declared between the Trojans and the Greeks (Achaeans as they're called in The Iliad.) In the Greek camp, Agamemnon the King of Mycenae and Achilles the proud and valiant warrior of Phthia are locked in a fierce contest to claim the spoils of war. ![]() It opens when the Trojan War has already been raging for nine long years. The Iliad throws us right into the thick of battle. Valor and villainy, sacrifices and betrayals, triumphs and tragedies play their part in this three thousand year old saga. A divinely beautiful woman who becomes the cause of a terrible war in which the gods themselves take sides. ![]()
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