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<\/div>\nThe war had moments of true suspense also for the delicate textures woven by the gods themselves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Zeus declared himself as neutral umpire whereas Hera, Athena and Poseidon backed the Greeks along with Tethys and Hephaestus; in the Trojans lines the god of love Aphrodite and the god of the war Ares with Apollo backed Trojans.<\/p>\n
The events<\/h2>\n
Menelaus asked the support of his brother, Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae, who commanded united Greek armed forces in declaring war against Troy.<\/p>\n
Agamemnon had been begged by an Apollo’s ordained to have back his daughter, in vain; Apollo so caused a plague in Greece involving men and animals; Achilles convinced the supreme king to return the girl in order to ward off Apollo’s wax.<\/p>\n
As he accepted, Briseis had been taken in return; The Achille’s slave.<\/p>\n
This extortion exceeded on the outrageous felt by Achilles who swore not to fight anymore for Agamemnon.<\/p>\n
Zeus in person made Agamemnon dreaming of an easy victory, cheating on him.<\/p>\n
Paris offered himself in a single sword-battle against Menelaus, the winner would have brought the final victory to the corresponding faction; Menelaus, much more expert and stronger, closely killed the youngest Priam’s son who\u00a0 was readily\u00a0 saved by Aphrodite.<\/p>\n
The truce was not respected and the conflict went on.<\/p>\n
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The battle assumed violent tones but in Hector had been laid the Trojan’s hopes, he alone had been showing off his greatness.<\/p>\n
He would have ended the Greeks; in fighting with his troops Odyssey, Agamemnon and Diomedes had been hurt;\u00a0 Trojan as never as before were quite certain of the victory.<\/p>\n
As things had been falling apart, Agamemnon, convinced by the general opinion, sought for a reconciliation with Achilles;<\/p>\n
Odysseys, Ajax and Phoenix had been send to Achilles’ tent trying to convince the hero to retake the armies…without success.<\/p>\n
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The narration of the war by Achilles’ standpoint<\/h3>\n
– I won’t leave my island to fight a war that’s not mine-\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>It had been the first thought of the hero as soon as known the cause of the conflict.<\/p>\n -May I combat for a woman’s betrayal?-<\/em> He conscious of the true reason, a woman, as stone of scandal, as well as Odyssey never believed the war worthy to be fought.<\/p>\n -Agamemnon, the supreme chief, send to me Ajax, Odysseys and Phoenix for his interests-\u00a0<\/em>Achilles recognized in Agamemnon’s move a mere fact of strategy;<\/p>\n –Nothing is more worthy to be despised than lies and than people whose words are different from their truly thoughts<\/em>–\u00a0 the sincere opinion about Agamemnon that characterizes Achilles’ wounded pride.<\/p>\n Ajax the Great fought against Hector and, by a boulder, he almost killed the Trojan hero, who came revived by Apollo.<\/p>\n Once returned, Hector’s power seemed to have no equal, Greeks were going to fall…<\/p>\n Patroclus moved to compassion bothered Achilles to fight; Achilles accepted to yield his armature and sword to the dear friend and he also nominated him commander in chief of the Myrmidons armies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Wearing Achilles’ war armor Patroclus had around him astonishment and fear, he bravely killed dozens of enemies .<\/p>\n He reached Troy’s gates trying to climb them, not obeying the Achilles’ orders…<\/p>\n Once there, Apollo intervened to remove Patroclus’ wits, letting him being weakened and finally hit by the spear of Hector which lead him to the death.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nothing different might have been happening more concise and cruel to awaken Achilles’ warrior spirit.<\/p>\n The wrath is burning out of him as never before.<\/p>\n His all mind and his all body call for vengeance.<\/p>\n It is not a common mortal reaction, that’s the terrible cry for vengeance typical of the gods.<\/p>\n Rage.<\/p>\n Torment.<\/p>\n Achilles reconciled with Agamemnon, after having watched over for a fully night Patroclus’ body.<\/p>\n He needed a new armor that Hephaestus, the god of fire, forged for him as the old one got taken and won by Trojans.<\/p>\n As Achilles knew of Patroclus’ death nothing can set him free except the death of the man who killed his friend: Hector.<\/em><\/p>\n It means the reduction to odds of all his hope to come back home, one day…<\/em><\/p>\n The choice to fight would entail his own death, Achilles is aware of it.<\/em><\/p>\n Nothing but his redemption is what truly feeds his soul, he cried mortal tears from his eternal soul in name of the future glorious death.<\/em><\/p>\n Achilles come back to the battle ground, his fury is blinded, whoever encounters his path will encounter the death.<\/p>\n Trojans retreaded progressively decimated by Peleus’ son, initially Hector also could not stand Achilles’ fury;<\/p>\n Hector is seized by fear by looking at Achilles; he retired into the Troy’s gates managing at his best to master the fear.<\/p>\n Achilles called out for his enemy as no one is anymore in front of him.<\/p>\n Finally, just below the battlements, begged by his own dear family not to fight, Hector bravely accepted Achille’s confrontation.<\/p>\n The duel, between the two best warrior from their mutual factions, is made up of great moves and memorable words.<\/p>\n The Hector’s request that whoever be the defeated, his body should be given back is declined by Achilles.<\/p>\n He hurls his spear at Hector who dodges it; as counterattack, Hector launches his owns which ended on the Greek’s buckler with no injury.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, with no awareness of Hector, Athena managed to have brought back to Achille his spear.<\/p>\n What remains to Hector is his sword but just after being pulled out Achilles’ spear pierced his throat, the only exposed part of the armor that did not protect him.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The dead body is tied to Achilles’ chariot to be driven throughout the camp, as sign of victory.<\/p>\n After that Priam humbly reached the tent of Achilles to have back his dearest son’s body, the Phthia’s warrior moved to compassion;<\/p>\n He would give back Hector’s body and released a 12-days-truce, after which the war will resume.<\/p>\n The Iliad ended with this happening, as Achilles found his own rest in his vengeance.<\/p>\n Unfortunately not durable.<\/p>\n Under siege Troy sees his enemies inside its walls, Achilles is among them.<\/p>\n Stepped in to protect a maiden bothered by two Greek soldiers, Achilles frees the woman;<\/p>\n Behind his back quite distant Paris is taking his aim… an arrow is shoot.<\/p>\n On the trajectory Apollo would change its direction until makes it reaching Achilles’ heel.<\/p>\n His only vulnerable part.<\/p>\n Signing the beginning of his legend.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nThe continuous of the war<\/h4>\n
The wrath of Achilles<\/h5>\n
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<\/p>\nHector’s funerals and the death of Achilles<\/h5>\n
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