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When the Greeks were saying goodbye to King Telephus, several gates of the city of Troy suddenly opened wide, and heavily armed Trojan soldiers, led by Hector, rushed across the plain of Scommantel like a tide.The Greek soldiers stationed at the forefront hurriedly took up arms to resist the incoming enemies, but they were too outnumbered to hold back.They resisted for a while, and finally gathered the rest of the Greeks stationed in the camp, and spread out to attack the enemy.The war began, and it took place in various situations: wherever Hector went, the Trojans were superior, and far away from him, the Trojans were defeated by the Greeks.

Among the Greeks, the first to be killed by the Trojan hero Aeneas was Palotsilaus, the son of Iphiclus, who went to Troy as soon as he was engaged in his homeland.He was the first Greek to jump ashore at the landing, and now he was the first to die. His beautiful betrothed, Laodamia, daughter of the Argonaut Acastus, bid him so sad adieu, sending him off to war, that now she would never see his bridegroom. Now, Achilles is far from the battlefield.He sent King Telephus all the way to the ship, and watched the ship go away with reluctance to say goodbye until it disappeared on the sea.Suddenly Cross hurried up to him, seized him by the shoulders, and cried, "Where have you been? The Greeks need you! The battle has begun. Hector, the commander of the hostile army, is as fierce as a lion. The king's Aeneas, son-in-law, also killed our Palotsilaus. If you don't fight, more heroes will die."

Achilles hastened across the path through the tents to his own barracks, when he called aloud to his Thessaly soldiers to take up arms and go with him to the battle.Achilles' attack was as violent as a whirlwind, and even Hector could not resist it. Achilles killed Priam's two sons one after another.At his side was Ajax the Great son of Telamon, who was taller than all the Danaeites.Under the fierce attack of the two heroes, the Trojans fled one after another like a herd of deer meeting a ferocious hound.They retreated into the city and shut themselves up.The Greeks calmly returned to the ship and continued to expand their camp.Agamemnon appointed Achilles and Ajax to guard the ships, and they sent other heroes to guard their respective ships.

Palotsilaus was solemnly buried, cremated on a high pyre, and his ashes were buried under a leafy elm tree on the bay peninsula.Before the funeral was over, the Trojans launched a second attack, and they went into battle nervously.