7
edits
The Iliad/Book 18: Difference between revisions
no edit summary
m (Added the word "new" to specify that Achilles had old armor. i.e. being more specific.) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
While considering an attack, Polydamas tells the remaining Trojans to return to the gates and conserve their strength. Hector agrees to returning to their posts and proclaims that he will not run from Achilles if confronted in battle. While the Trojans eat, the Argives start a funeral pyre that includes cleaning the blood off of Patroclus' body and bathing him with olive oil. Then they cover him with white sheets from head to toe. | While considering an attack, Polydamas tells the remaining Trojans to return to the gates and conserve their strength. Hector agrees to returning to their posts and proclaims that he will not run from Achilles if confronted in battle. While the Trojans eat, the Argives start a funeral pyre that includes cleaning the blood off of Patroclus' body and bathing him with olive oil. Then they cover him with white sheets from head to toe. | ||
Then Thetis goes to Hephaestus' house to ask him to make Achilles new armor. Hephaestus agrees because Thetis saved him from a cave his mother placed him in. He forges the armor combining many elements of life and | Then Thetis goes to Hephaestus' house to ask him to make Achilles new armor. Hephaestus agrees because Thetis saved him from a cave his mother placed him in. He forges the armor combining many elements of life and the power of the gods. | ||