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Helen lived safely in Troy, and later she and Paris moved to their palace.The people gradually adapted to his presence and praised her for her beauty and loveliness.Therefore, when the ships of the Greeks appeared on the coast of Troy, the inhabitants of the city were no longer as afraid as before. The chiefs surveyed the strength of the townspeople and the allies who had promised to come to their aid, and felt secure against the Greeks.They knew that besides Aphrodite among the gods, there were Ares, the god of war, Apollo, the sun god, and Zeus, the father of all gods, on their side.They hoped to defend the city with the protection of the gods and repel the besieging army.

Although King Priam was too old to fight, he had fifty sons, nineteen of whom were born to Hecuba.These sons were young and promising, the most outstanding being Hector, and the second being Deiphobus.Also Helenus the seer, Pamon, Polytes, Antiphus, Hipponus, and fair Troilus.At his side were four lovely daughters, Creusa, Laudick, Cassandra, and Polyxena, who were noted for their beauty in their maidens.The troops have already entered the combat state.Hector served as supreme commander and led the whole army to meet the enemy.He was assisted by Aeneas the Dardanian, son-in-law of King Priam, husband of Creusa, son of the goddess Aphrodite and the old hero Anchises.Anchises is the proud ancestor of the Trojans.The commander of another army is Pandarus, he is the son of Lycaon, who was once gifted by Apollo and is famous for being good at archery; His brother Amphius; Asios and his sons Adamas and Phnopes; Hippetaus and Peleas from Larissa, descendants of the God of War; Antenor and I Agenor, the sons of Pimedas, Archylochus, and Achamas; Pyrechymus, Phlemenas, Hodios, and his brother Episterophus; Chloe Mies and Ennomus were the leaders of the reinforcements of Mythiae; Phorcus and Ascanius of the reinforcements of Phrygia; Mesterus and Antiphus of the reinforcements of Meonion. Chiefs; the brothers Nestes and Amphimachus were at the head of the Gallian reinforcements; and Sarpedon and Glaucus the Lycians also came to their aid, two of the hero Bellerophon. grandson.

The Greeks had landed on the coast between Sigion and the peninsula of Lytheon, and had set up a series of barracks, which looked like a city.They pulled the chariots ashore and lined them up neatly; the warships of each army lined up in columns in the same order as they had been hauled ashore.The bottom of the boat is padded with stones to prevent the bottom of the boat from being damp and rotted. Before the battle between the two sides, the Greeks received an honored guest from afar in surprise, which was King Telephus of Mysia. He had generously supported the Greeks, but he was stabbed by Achilles with a spear and could not be healed. Even the medicines given to him by Podarius and Mahon were ineffective, and the pain he suffered was unbearable.He turned to the oracle of Apollo, and the answer was: Only the spear that pierced him could heal his wounds.Although the god's answer was cryptic and tortuous, Telephus still caught up with the Greek warship by boat.At the mouth of the Scamander River he ordered his men to carry him ashore to Achilles' camp.Young Achilles was very sad to see the king in pain.He brought the spear and laid it at the king's feet, but he did not know how to heal the festering wound with it.The heroes surrounded the king at a loss as to what to do.The clever Odysseus figured out a way and sent someone to invite the two doctors accompanying the army to ask them about the connotation of the oracle.

Padalerios and Maheon were summoned.They heard the oracle of Apollo, the wise son of Asclepius, and at once understood its meaning.They fumbled a little iron filings from Achilles' spear and carefully applied them to the wound, and a miracle happened: the iron filings had just been sprinkled into the festering wound, and the wound healed before the eyes of the heroes.After a few hours, the noble king Telephus was able to walk.He thanked the heroes a lot, and wished the Greeks success in the war, and then boarded the ship and left them, for he did not want to see with his own eyes the war which was being fought between his dear friends and his dear relatives.