Homer's Iliad:
Menelaüs and Ajax defend Patroclus's body. Trojans and Greeks fight over it. They tell Achillies who's enraged and cries to Thetis. Trojans fell back at the sound of Achillies with Athena'sshield upon his shoulders.
Apollo gives Agēnor courage to face Achillies at the gates of Troy and saves the city before Achillies could enter. King Priam and Queen Hecuba beg Hector not to face Achillies for he thinks it will be his demise but Hector reuses. Hector flees and Achillies pursues him and the gods discuss Hector's fate on Mt Olympus. Apollo helps Hector escape Achillies only for Athena to trick him by pretending to be his brother and luring him to meet Achillies. He stabs him in the neck and cared not of Hector.
Dishonoring Hector's body angered Zeus who bayed Thetis to speak to Achillies. Zeus sends Hermes to guide King Priam to retrieve the body of Hector. Achillies ransoms him back for riches and gold and they hold a funeral for Hector in Troy.
Homer's Iliad: A condensed prose retelling of Homer's Trojan War epic by Alfred Church
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