Since I decided I no longer wish to fight for that pathetic King. I have a lot of free time on my hands. So, I figured that my Myrmidons, Patroklus, and myself will watch the oncoming battle from afar. I give credit to that prince Paris for wanting to fight in single combat to end the war, and for the rights of Helen. But let's be real here, he should've known that he would be fighting against Menelaus. Of course like the little brat he is, he wussied out. Believe me, if I was Hector, I would've called Paris a coward too. At least Paris grew a pair (kind of) and stepped up to face Menelaus. The battle determined the fate of the war and who would have Helen. Even from where I was, I could tell that the men were eager to the end of the war. Word has it that the God Iris was disguised as Hector's sister Laodice and told Helen to go to the walls to witness the duel. Helen then arrived at the walls and noticed Priam ogling the muscling armed Achaeans. That's what I was told. Priam soon left the wall and soon after the duel began. The duel was rather stalemated until Menelaus whacked his sword over Paris's helmet.It was around this moment that the Goddess Aphrodite had the nerve to intervene in the fight. Menelaus almost ended Paris there, but no, Aphrodite had to interfere once again, and she took Paris away from the battlefield and into his bed with Helen. Rumor has it they were doing the naughty. You know...bow chicka wow wow. In the end Agamemnon declared Menelaus the victor and demanded Helen. During the search for Paris, my mother, Thetis, came down from Olympus to tell me off all the juicy gossip. Apparently the Gods were having some duels of their own. Zeus wanted the war to end because Menelaus had won the duel, but Hera wanted the war to continue so that the Trojans could be utterly destroyed. So being the nice daddy that he is, Zeus sends down Athena to resume the battle. She got a Trojan archer by the name of Panderus to shoot arrows at Menelaus, but they did nothing but give Menelaus mere flesh wounds. Soon that pig Agamemnon rallied the troops and then the battle broke out. No one major died (dam you Agamemnon, you should've died), however, the cunning Odysseus and the great Ajax, killed many Trojans. Next thing we all know, Apollo is fighting for the Trojans and Athena is fighting for the Achaeans. Just think, me, Achilles, could've been fighting alongside Gods, but no stupid Agamemnon had to steal my girl.What a battle that was raging on. Panderus wounded the Greek hero Diomedes. However, after praying to Athena, Diomedes was blessed with super strength and astonishing powers. However Athena told Diomedes to not attack any of the Gods that come down except for Aphrodite. Next thing I would Diomedes was fighting....well....like me. He was striking people down left and right, including Panderus. Even the son of Aphrodite, Aeneas, was wounded by Diomedes. Aphrodite tried to heal Aeneas, but Diomedes wounded her too. Then all of a sudden, she was flung back up to Olympus. I snickered a little. Then all of a sudden, Diomedes makes the dumb mistake of attacking Apollo, when trying to aid Aeneas. Apollo smacked Diomedes away then took Aeneas away from the battle field. Afterwords, Apollo sends Ares, the God of War down to fight on the side of the Trojans. With Ares' aid the Trojans soon got the upper hand.. With Hector and Ares side by side,they looked like an unstoppable force. My mother informed me that both Hera and Athena went to Zeus, and begged him to send aid to the Greeks. Being the sucker that he is. Zeus lets Hera rally the Achaeans, and Athena fights alongside Diomedes. Even though I am not in the fight, what a great battle this is.
When looking back at our story, it is clear that that these three books show what is to come from the rest of this war. Almost every Greek and including my Myrmidons thought that this war was going to end with this duel between Menelaus and Paris. But of course that wasn't the case since the Gods always have alterior motives. With Aphrodite interfering in the duel and taking that pretty boy of a prince away from the fight, that was the moment when this war was gonna get a lot more interesting. Well at least through my perspective, because I can watch the fight and drink with my companions instead of fighting for that fool Agamemnon. But I know a lot of the men would want nothing more than to just go home. This is no longer a war of us mere mortals, now the Gods are coming down and joining in on the fights. I look forward to the coming days and what else the Gods have in store.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy
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