... and Hector, which is broken up before its end. The two sides retreat, and the Achaians build a wall around their encampment to protect their position and their ships. When fighting resumes, Zeus pushes the Trojans to great triumph over the Achaians, and their victory sseems certain. At this point, Agamemnon calls his leaders together and admits he was at fault in taking Briseis from Achilles. ... champion of the Achaians is Aias. Hector then leads a strong attack by the Trojans, and they manage to break through the Achaian wall and fight all the way to the ships. As the Trojans attempt to...

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... of the whole army. Achilles" only desire was to kill Hector. In his anger he killed many warriors. Including Hector's brother. Hector who was now wearing Achilles" armor wanted to kill Achilles and threw his spear at him but Athena protected him by turning it aside. Meanwhile Apollo protected Hector with a dense mist. Even the gods started to fight each other. Finally, Achilles and Hector fought it out. Athena, ... would keep returning Achilles" spear because he knew his own armor and its weak spots, he struck Hector in the neck killing him. Then Achilles dragged Hector's body around Tr...

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... of the whole army. Achilles" only desire was to kill Hector. In his anger he killed many warriors. Including Hector's brother. Hector who was now wearing Achilles" armor wanted to kill Achilles and threw his spear at him but Athena protected him by turning it aside. Meanwhile Apollo protected Hector with a dense mist. Even the gods started to fight each other. Finally, Achilles and Hector fought it out. Athena, ... would keep returning Achilles" spear because he knew his own armor and its weak spots, he struck Hector in the neck killing him. Then Achilles dragged Hector's body around Tr...

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... of the brutality of war. The plague was made because of a selfish Achilles. Other examples would be by the way Patroclus and Hector is killed. Apollo kills Patroclus because of his honor for Achilles. Hector is brutally killed by Achilles because of the death of his dear friend Patroclus. Hectors body was treated ... different ways of showing heroism. In the time of the Trojan War, there was an unwritten code of heroic conduct that the bravest warriors followed. Hector is a hero in his own way. Although he died in a very dreadful way, the Trojans all celebrated him as a great hero of th...

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... for the stolen woman. Only Patroclus' death is able to stir Achilles to fight. He proceeds to kill Hector, the mainstay of Troy and the slayer of Patroclus, and thereby chooses his own destiny: death at a young age, with undying fame. Achilles shows the greatest military skill of any of the Achaean ranks and has the greatest fighting ability of all of the warriors, Trojan or ... him to return to the fighting. Achilles' best friend and essential "soul-mate", Patroclus, is slain at the hands of the mighty Hector of Troy. Achilles is hence distraught at this happening and therefore goes to...

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... place. Each man has a family and a story behind his life and death. For Patroklos, however, life is cut short by his poor decisions and unyielding fury toward the Trojans. These, accompanied by his battle skills, greatly inferior to those of Achilles, cause Patroklos to disregard Achilles' warnings of what fate the battle might hold and attack Troy as well as Hector. If these decisions had not been ... made, Patroklos could have ridden beside Achilles in their sack of Troy. Thus, because ... of Patroklos' over-zealous and inferior battle decisions and behaviors, it is apparent that he i...

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... that outlives them. This is why after someone is killed in battle in the Iliad there is a mad rush to acquire his armor, just as there is after Patroclus kills Hector's chariot driver, Cebriones, in Book 16, line 859. The two sides battle furiously to acquire his armor, the Trojans to protect Cebriones' honor, the Achaens to gain their own. Although ... can also gain honor through other spoils of war such as women. This can be easily seen in the beginning of the Iliad in Achilles' and Agamemnon's argument over who should receive Briseis. After sacking a Trojan-allied town, Achilles sele...

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... The Illiad is a tale of heroes and gods, it is a story of Achilles, of his anger and determination. And of his slaying of the Trojan Hector. The purpose of the war was to recover the most beautiful women in the world, Helen. She was the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. Menelaus went hunting, and Paris from troy came and took Helen away. After two years of ... preparation, the Greek fleet of more than 1,000 ships and 100 ... a majority of the honorable tasks were very selfish. One example of this is when hector the mighty warrior of Troy, accepts the challenge of the goddess Pallas Ath...

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... 961-962] abound throughout the text. The value placed proper burial is further made evident when considering the pains and risks Priam makes to retrieve the body of the fallen Hector from the abusive clutches of Achilles. This reveals an advantage of courageousness; even if a soldier perishes after fighting bravely, his comrades will make an ... effort to save the body: " Death in its rampage outraced you-no escape Now your father and noble mother / will never close ... he can. " The men whom Zeus decrees, from youth to old age, must wind down our brutal wars to the bitter end until we...

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