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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