My last post

My Last Post...

After we buried my brother the war raged on. We received some help from other groups. I heard from some of the other soldiers that Nestor ended up getting killed because he no longer had the strength of a man of younger age. Nestor asked Achilles to avenge his death, and he agreed. Not listening to his mother's words saying that he will die shortly after the death of Memnon, Achilles killed him. The Trojan fighters couldn't go on any farther, so they fled back behind the gate. Without anyone in his way, Achilles drove up to the gate, where I was waiting with a bow and arrow. With help from my dear friend Apollo, I shot an arrow right at Achilles weak spot, his heel, killing him. (I felt a little bit of Deja Vu). There was a lot of fighting over the body of the fallen hero, but Ajax carried him back. After the funeral, Achilles's armor was awarded to the best warrior, Odysseus. Ajax was furious that he decided that he was going to kill Odysseus. He was driven mad by Athena, and ended up killing himself with the sword my brother gave him.

We realized that our city would not fall until Achilles son, Neoptolemus, joined the war. The Greeks needed Heracles bow, which belonged to Philoctetes, who was abandoned by the Greeks. Philoctetes wanted to kill Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Odysseus because they were the ones responsible for the abandonment. Heracles promised Philoctetes would get healed, so he did not kill any of the Greek men. After he was healed, it was bad news for me. The first person he wounded was yours truly, the beautiful. I remembered though that my first love, Oenone, promised to heal me if I ever got wounded. I went to her, but she refused because of the length of time I was gone. Because she still loved me, she decided she would heal me so she came back. She was too late though. My beautiful spirit lives on, although Troy falls.

 

Goodbye, and stay beautiful!

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Blog: 9

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My brother was the only one outside of Troy. Father had asked, more like begged, Hector to come inside, but he refused. As Achilles approached Hector, Hector tried to negotiate with him. When that failed he did what I would have done, he ran. After the third time around the city (and into the fourth), with Achilles at his heels, Deiphobus (Athena in disguise) tells him that he will be an ally in the fight against the enemy. Hector and Achilles threw spears at each other, resulting in both heroes unscathed. Hector turned and asked his ally for a weapon, but the ally disappeared. My brother, in the enemy's old armor, charged Achilles! Knowing his former armor's weak points, Achilles spear pierced through my darling brother's throat. I know my brother, and his dying wish would be to be brought back to our side to have a proper burial. But from what it looked like, Achilles was going to let Hectors dead body get devoured by vultures and dogs. Other Achaeans stabbed my brothers corpse, after that was over, his lifeless body was tied to the back of Achilles chariot and dragged on top of the dirt. Father and mother, myself, and Helen started to weep. When my brother's widow heard us, she realized what had just happened and she began to weep as well.

Back at the Greek camp, Apollo promised that he would protect my brothers body from harm. The Achaeans are still heartbroken over Patroclus's death, but they finally hold a funeral for him. The funeral consisted of competitions and games in the honor of the dead.
Father left for the Greek camp to acquire Hectors body. Father begged with Achilles and asked him to think of his own father. Father said that Achilles began to weep and agreed to give Hector's body back. It took us nine days to prepare Hector's funeral, which included a large fire. On the tenth day we lit it, and now we sing of his Kleos.

Although I have only seen the wrath side of Achilles, he does show some sympathy for my Priam. After he talked with Achilles, Achilles realized how important Hectors body is to my father. He helped Achilles see that the situation isn't much different than Achilles's father. The talk between them didn't form an alliance, nor did it change the fact that the city of Troy is doomed, but it did change the respect element between the two. We got the one thing that we needed, closure. We could now have a funeral for our best fighter, my best friend, Hector.

Until Next Time....
Pairs
  

Blog: 8

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As you all probably guessed in the last post, the wrath Achilles had for Agamemnon has shifted to my brother. Achilles has his new shield, and all the gifts that were promised to him from Agamemnon (if/when he returns from battle), including Breseis. Achilles was so upset that he could not eat until he has hurt my dear brother! Achilles's horse began to speak in words of foreshadowing  saying that the same fate will come of him that has come on Patroclus.

Up above the Gods decided to not intervene with the battle, they pulled up some chairs and couches to watch the "big game." I decided to dress nice for this battle wearing less tattered garb, so if I do so parish, I will look fabulous. Before the battle began though, I heard rumbling up above, the Gods must have had their own little battle up there. Poseidon, ignoring the deal to not intervene with the battle, saved Aeneas from death. Apollo, who also got involved, persuaded my brother not to charge Achilles, rather have Achilles come to my brother. Hector agreed, but when he saw fellow Trojans getting slaughtered he intervened and Apollo had to save him.

Achilles was slaughtering Trojans left and right and throwing their dead corpses in the river. The amount of dead bodies in the river had clogged the channel. The river god protested, and Achilles agreed to not throw anymore Trojans into the water, but that didn't stop him from killing them and avenging his dear friends death. The river called for help from Apollo, but when Achilles heard this he began to attack the river. He nearly died, but got saved when the Gods, who should no longer be interfering, get involved.  Apollo got involved yet again when he disguises himself as Agenor to take on Achilles to win us some more time to get back home.


Achilles has finally accepted his fate to die in battle. He has decided that avenging his friends death is more important that living a longer life. I have a feeling that the Achilles will gain his Kleos, by dying a hero, and will be known throughout history. This leaves a bitter taste in my mouth though because my brother is the one that has to fight Achilles, and I do not believe he has a very good chance of success. Hector will not show weakness by backing down, he will fight for our people, and by doing this hopefully he wears Achilles down enough so myself or my fellow Trojans can severely wound or kill him.

Until Next Time...
Paris

Blog 7

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So I heard in the Greek camp, Achilles' armor was worn by another, his friend Patroclus, who, by Achilles' understanding, was only fighting enough to save the burning ships. I also heard that Achilles prayed to Zeus hoping that Patroclus will return with himself and the Greek ships unharmed. Zeus, who is a neutral third party, decided to only grant one of the two wishes. When Patroclus stepped out on the battle field, he began taking out our people left and right. The rest of the soldiers retreated as fast as they could, I being one of the fastest retreaters. Zeus' son Sarpedon is one of the casualties of pseudo Achilles, so I think I know which wish Zeus will not be granting. Hector was one of the last soldiers to retreat, acting not like himself at all. Apollo saved the Trojans from a fallen city by pushing Patroclus back. Apollo persuades Hector to go after Patroclus, but the driver of Hectors chariot ended up getting killed. Apollo wounded Patroclus and Hector finished him off. Patroclus' last words were foretelling my brothers own death, and saying that my brother didn't actually get the kill, all he got was the boasting. After that Hector takes Achilles' armor back to camp. A fight broke out over Patroclus' body. Hector promised half of the war's spoils to whomever could bring the corpse back to our camp, but in the end the Greeks got Patroclus. This was around the time Achilles found out about the death of his friend. From what I heard, with the terrible cry he let out that made the Trojans retreat, he was quite grief stricken. He decided to take revenge on the person who killed his dear friend, which happens to be my brother. Hector, knowing that Achilles has returned to battle, but unknowing of the soon to come revenge, does not listen when he was urged to back down and retreat.


Our power is ending. With Achilles back, we have no chance to win. If one person from the Greek side can kill many of us, we are doomed. Oh, did I mention he is not nearly as good as a fighter as we will be facing in the morning? Also, the fact that Hector has Achilles' old armor might make him feel good, but if he is going to fight the man who had the armor before, I would think that wearing the old armor might be a bad choice. The previous owner would know the strengths and weaknesses of the armor, so he would know exactly where to aim to severely injure or kill my dear brother. I hope Hector is thinking about this, and I hope this nightfall will help refresh his mind and thoughts and decide that maybe he should retreat, but I don't think he will because he worries what everyone will think if he, our best fighter, decides to back down.

I don't think I can sleep tonight...

Until next time...
Paris