Patroklos finds Achilles and begs him for help. Achilles finally allows him to borrow his armor but only to drive my men away from the Greeks ships. Patroklos led the Greeks in his borrowed armor and hedges the Trojans away from the ships and killed many those strong, talented men. Patroklos killed Sarpedon and Glaukos steps in for his fallen comrade, Patroklos then ends up deathly wounded and his last words were that Hektor will be killed by Achilles before the war is over. There was fighting over Patroklos' body and Hektor was able to steal Achilles armor off of him. Zeus steps in again (perfect timing, if I do say so myself) and we once again begin to gain the upper hand. The greeks fight against us and were able to take Patroklos' body before we could. Then, what I had feared the most, Achilles comes back into battle after hearing that Patroklos was dead. He scared the bejesus out of all my men fighting with the help of Athene. I, of course, did not personally witness this but I heard from others that screaming and flames were involved. Even after Patroklos' warning, Hektor thinks that he is ready to take on Achilles instead of defend Troy from behind walls. Hephaistos had even crafted Achilles a new set of armor that Thetis brings to him. He looks to be ready for a fight.
What was curious to me is why Achilles allowed Patroklos to take his armor to wear himself but refused to go into battle himself? Achilles knew that Patroklos was heading for danger yet still did not step in. I think the reason that Achilles still refused to go to battle was that he was still being prideful over his little spat. I don't think that anyone was fooled when Patroklos went onto the battle field in Achilles armor, and that may be part of the reason he was killed. But what do I know? I'm just an old guy sitting on the top of my wall and watching the going ons.
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Patroclus. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2013. <http://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ>.
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