The Odyssey and The Tales of Troy - Part 4 - Patroklos Wears the Armour of Achilles
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Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story
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What triggers the Greeks’ desperate situation as Hector storms the ships?
Hello and welcome to part four of the Odyssey and the Tale of Troy. Previously, Telemachus listened as Menelaus described his struggles with Proteus, the mysterious ancient one of the sea, who changed from one terrifying form to another as Menelaus held on. At last Proteus revealed that Odysseus was still alive, though trapped far from home on the island of the nymph Calypso. Menelaus then told the story of Achilles, the son of the god Thetis, who had been hidden among the daughters of King Lycaemenes to keep him from the war at Troy. Yet Odysseus' cunning uncovered the young warrior and Achilles sailed for Troy with his loyal and beloved companion Patroclus and soon became the greatest fighter in the Greek army.
But the Greeks were struck by disaster when the god Apollos sent a deadly plague through their camp and the suffering led to a furious confrontation between Achilles and King Agamemnon Humiliated when Agamemnon took Brises, the female companion, from him, Achilles nearly drew his sword against the king before the goddess Athena restrained his anger. Wounded by pride and betrayal, Achilles withdrew from the fighting and refused even the richest gifts and most heartfelt pleas to return, leaving the exhausted Greeks to face Hector and the powerful Trojan army without the hero they needed the most. In this episode, the Greeks are pushed to the edge as Hector and the Trojans storm towards their ships.
With her greatest warriors wounded and Achilles still refusing to fight, Patroclus steps forward in a desperate attempt to save the army. What begins as an act of courage soon leads him deeper into danger than anyone expected. So let's begin the rest of the story. Chapter 13 When dawn came, the king arrayed himself for the battle, putting on his great breastplate and his helmet, that had a high plume of horsehair, and his leg greaves were fitted with ankle clasps of silver, and hanging round his shoulders a great sword that shone with studs of gold. A sword that had a silver scabbard fitted with golden chains. Over his shoulders he cast a great lion's skin, and he took upon his arm a shield that covered the whole of a man.
Next, he took in his hands two strong spears of bronze, and so arrayed and so armed, he was ready to take the foremost place in the battle. he cried aloud, and bade the Greeks arm themselves. And straight away they did so, and poured from behind the wall that guarded their ships into the Trojan plain. Then the chiefs mounted their chariots, and the charioteers turned the horses towards the place of battle. Now on the high ground, before them, the Trojans had gathered in their battalions, and the figure of great Hector was plain to Agamemnon and his men. like a star that now and then was hidden by a cloud. So he appeared as he went through the battalions, all covered with shining bronze. Spears and arrows
fell upon both sides. Footmen kept slaying footmen, and horsemen kept slaying horsemen with the sword, and the dust of the plain rose up, stirred by the thundering hooves of the horses. From dawn till morning, and from morning till noon, the battle raged. But at midday, the Greeks broke through the Trojan lines. Then Agamemnon, in his chariot, rushed through a gap in the line. Two men did he instantly slay, and dashing onward, he slew two warriors, who were sons of King Priam. Like fire fawning upon a wood and burning up the underwood, went King Agamemnon through the Trojan ranks. And when he passed many strong-necked horses, there were rattled empty chariots. leaving on the earth the slain warriors that had been in them.
And through the press of men and up to the high walls of Troy did Agamemnon go, slaying Trojan warriors with his spear. Hector did not go nigh him. for the gods had warned Hector not to lead any onslaught until Agamemnon had turned back from battle. But a Trojan warrior smote King Agamemnon on the mid-arm below the elbow, and the point of his spear went clean through. Still he went through the ranks of the Trojans, slaying with spear and sword.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What triggers the Greeks’ desperate situation as Hector storms the ships?
0:02–21:34
2
How does Patroclus decide to step forward when Achilles refuses to fight?
21:34–29:08
3
What advice does Nestor give Patroclus about borrowing Achilles’ armor?
29:08–34:09
4
How does Patroclus obtain and equip Achilles’ bronze armor and weapons?
34:09–41:20
5
What happens when Patroclus leads the Myrmidons into battle wearing Achilles’ gear?
41:20–1:06:52
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