Machaon the medic treated the arrow wound on Menelaus, Agamemnon's brother. Urged on by Pallas Athene in disguised as a man, Pandarus fired an arrow from a bow fashioned from antelope horns he had once killed. She said the Trojans will be indebted to you Pandarus.
Greeks v Trojans. King Agamemnon and Achilles are on the same side but they fall out over a prize which happens to be a maiden Crises and also Breises. Zeus and Hera running the show. Aphrodite likes Paris, who has ran off with Helen who is Menelaus's wife. Diomedes gets involved. Odysseus is a commanding presence despite his facade. Nestor too old for battle but wise. Idomeneus involved. Laertes relayed messages. Athene. Goats often roasted on the beach and sacrificed to the gods. Artemis. Thetis. Chalkadon. Pallas Athene shoots across the sky like a comet. Athene tries to beg her father Zeus to help Paris. Zeus is listening more to Agamemnon.
Diores was hit by the Thracian Peiros who later finished off the job by plunging his spear into his stomach and spilling his entrails thus bringing darkness to the eyes of Diores. Diomedes holding back the horses.
Aphrodite gets a spear from the son of Tydeus, Diomedes in the wrist but there is no blood in an immortal goddess only ichor. Injured, she drops her son Aeneas who she tries to protect from a savage attack by Diomedes. Apollo saves him by wrapping him in a dark blue cloud.
Zeus was known as Zeus the Thunderer and aegis-bearing Zeus or Zeus the cloud compeller. Colin wouldn't be like Zeus. He would be Colin the Trouser soiler. Or Colin the sandwich spiller.
Tlepolemus and Sarpedon exchanging threats and threw javelins at the same time. Tlepolemus copped it in the neck and croaked Sarpedon suffered a spear in the thigh and was dragged off to safety. Glittery javelin heads flying everywhere.
Diomedes the tamer of horses and Glaucus the Lycian make friends on the battlefield due to an ancestral connection that goes back to Argos. Didn't see that one coming. Glaucus related to Bellerophon who killed Chimaera and the Amazons and a thousand men. Formidable chap. Diomedes was impressed. They swap armour as is the custom in such circumstances. Diomedes swapped gold for bronze which seemed to peeve the gods a bit.
Aias fights Hector. A draw so they decided to call it off in a sportsman like way after spears pierce shields and much boulder throwing and fighting each other on the ground like lions. Paris does not want to give up Helen and tells Antenor his brain is addled by the gods.
Achilles needs to be here says Agamemnon. Ajax odysseus and Phoenix go to sicily and get him.
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