During all this fighting, Patroklos runs to Achilles and begs him to go back into battle, but he is told to wear Achilles' armor. Patroklos is able to kill plenty of Trojans, including Sarpedon, one of Zeus' many children. He continue to fight until Zeus sends down Apollo to strip him of Achilles' armor, and is killed by Euphorbos and Hector. Ajax and Menelaos protect Patroklos' body, while Hector takes Achilles' armor. Achilles' horses go to retrieve Patroklos' body; Hector and Aeneas unsuccessfully try to capture them. With the help of the gods, the Trojans gain the upper hand, and the Greeks send someone to tell Achilles of the death of Patroklos and the Trojans might drag his body away. But Menelaos and Meriones manage to carry the boy's body back to the ships and the Trojans are kept back. When Achilles hears of the death of Patroklos, he begins weeping so much that Thetis hears him and comes down from Olympus and cries with her son when she hears the news. They both agree that it is time for Achilles to return to battle. Thetis goes to Hephaestus to make new armor and Achilles goes to the battle. He lets out a battle cry and with the help of Athena, the Trojans retreat. Going against advice, Hector declares that he is able to take on Achilles himself. During the ceremony of Patroklos' body, Achilles swears vengeance and human sacrifices of Trojans at his friend's pyre. Thetis retrieves the splendid armor from Hephaestus.

There is a reason why you must follow the rules that other give you, and Patroklos had to suffer from it. Even then his body couldn't rest in peace, when the Trojans want to take the body away. Achilles wanted the Greeks to suffer, but he forgot he is a Greek too.



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