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In the morning, Agamemnon ordered the soldiers to put on their armor.He put on his handsome armor himself.The armor gleamed and was made of ten plates of bronze, twelve of gold, and twenty of tin.The golden armor protecting the neck is like three swimming snakes, which was a gift from King Genelas of Cyprus.Then he slung the sword over his shoulder on a gold strap.The hilt is gold and the scabbard is silver.He holds a round shield with ten bronze hoops and twenty tin nails.The center of the shield is dark blue and depicts the head of the fearsome Medusa.The shield belt is decorated with three purple dragons.On his head he wore a four-horned battle helmet surrounded by horsehair, and the feathers of the helmet quivered majestically.Finally he picked up two sharp spears and strode onto the battlefield.

Hera and Athena, seeing the king from heaven, cheered him with thunder.At this time, the infantry jumped out of the trench first, and the chariots followed closely behind.The soldiers uttered deafening shouts and marched forward bravely. The Trojans stood densely on the opposite hill. Their leaders were Hector, Polydamas, and Aeneas, followed by Polybus, Agenor, and Akamas. All three are sons of Antenor.Hector is wearing a golden armor, shining like a giant star in the night sky.Sometimes he commands in the front, and sometimes he deploys behind. The Trojans and the Daneans fought fiercely like hungry wolves.The Greeks broke through the opponent's position first.Agamemnon stabbed Prince Peanor and his charioteer to death.The Greeks entered the depths of the enemy.

In the fierce battle, Zeus personally protected Hector from the arrows.He told Hector to flee in the direction of the city toward the tomb of the ancient king Iros on the hillside, but Agamemnon chased him with a loud cry.When Hector came near the sacred forest of Zeus, not far from the central city gate, he stopped with his warriors.Zeus sent his envoy Iris to tell him to get out of the battle as soon as possible, and let others fight until Agamemnon was injured.Then the All-Father himself would guide him to victory.Hector obeyed the command of the gods, and he kept encouraging the soldiers on the rear line to charge forward bravely.

Agamemnon still rushed forward desperately, and went deep into the ranks of the Trojans and their allies.He first met Iphidamas, the son of Antenor.This is a brave and great hero, raised by his grandmother in Thrace, and came to fight in his birthplace shortly after his newlyweds.Agamemnon's thrown spear misses him.The spike of Iphidamas snapped at Agamemnon's girdle.Agamemnon grabbed the shaft of the opponent's spear, snatched it away, and swung his sword at his neck, chopping Iphidamas down to the ground.He stripped Iphidamas of his armor, and gleefully showed off his spoils.Antenor's eldest son Koon saw it, and ran over in grief to avenge his brother.He stabs Agamemnon in the arm, near the elbow, with a slanted shot.Agamemnon felt a sharp pain, but he did not slack off and continued to fight. When Coon was about to drag his fallen brother away, he was unfortunately stabbed by Agamemnon's spear from under the shield, and he fell on his brother's body. die.

Regardless of the blood flowing from the wound, Agamemnon continued to fight bravely with spears, swords, and stones.It wasn't until his blood clotted that he felt the piercing pain, and he was forced to jump into the chariot, leave the battlefield, and drive quickly to the camp. When Hector saw Agamemnon retreating from the battlefield, he remembered Zeus's order, so he ran to the Trojans' vanguard and shouted: "My friends, the time has come for you to make achievements! The bravest of the Greeks!" Heroes leave the field, Zeus will give us victory, go on, into the ranks of the Daneans, go!" he cried, charging forward like a whirlwind.Soon, nine princes and many soldiers among the Greeks were killed by his gun.Hector drove the Greeks almost to their ships.At this time Odysseus said to Diomedes: "Why did our people give up resistance? Come, friend, you stand by my side, we would rather die than let Hector take our ships battalion, and we will repel his attack!" Diomedes nodded, and struck Timblaius the Trojan in the chest with his lance.Timblaius rolled from his chariot to the ground dead, and Odysseus slew his chariot Morion.They continued to charge forward, and at this time, the Greeks regained their respite.Zeus, watching the battle from the high Mount Ada, made the two sides fight to the death.At last Hector recognized the two valiant heroes from the fighting ranks, and he charged upon them with his army.

Diomedes saw it clearly, and hurled his spear at Hector, which hit his helm and bounced back with a bang.Hector fell to the ground, supporting his body with his right hand, only feeling blackness in front of his eyes.At this time, Diomedes, the son of Tydeus, hurried over. Hector had already recovered, jumped into the chariot quickly, and ran back to his camp under the protection of his soldiers.In a fit of rage, Diomedes knocked the other Trojan down and was about to strip him of his armor. At this moment, Paris, who was concealed behind the great tomb of Iros, aimed at him, and shot an arrow, which hit the crouching hero's right foot, and the arrow penetrated into the heel and pierced the bone of the foot.Paris jumped out of hiding, laughing at the wounded enemy.Diomedes turned his head, saw Paris who was shooting the arrow, and scolded him loudly: "So it is you, the hero women like! You couldn't hurt me in open battle, but now you shot me from behind. My heel still thinks it's great, doesn't it? But it's like being stabbed by a child to me, it's nothing at all!" At this time, Odysseus just arrived, and he covered The wounded Diomedes made him reluctantly pull out the arrow from his foot.At last he staggered up into the chariot and stood beside his friend Sthenelos.Together they galloped towards the fleet.

Now, only Odysseus fell into the enemy's position, but none of the Argives dared to approach him.The hero wonders whether he should retreat or keep fighting.Before long he realized he had to keep fighting.The Trojans had surrounded him tightly, and the circle was getting smaller and smaller.He felt like a galloping wild boar surrounded by a mob of hunters and hounds approaching madly.He stared at the rushing enemy without fear, and soon five Trojans were killed by him.The sixth man, Sokos, saw that his brother had just been killed by Odysseus, and he shouted loudly: "Odysseus, today it was not you who killed the two sons of Hippasus and stripped them of their armor, It was you who died under my spear!"

As he spoke, Sokos raised his spear and pierced Odysseus' shield, and the point of the spear pierced his ribs.Athena rushed to protect Odysseus from serious injury.Knowing that he was not mortally wounded, Odysseus retreated a little, and then threw his spear at the fleeing opponent unexpectedly, stabbing the enemy's vest, and the point of the spear pierced through the chest, causing him to fall to the ground and die.Only then did Odysseus pull the point of the spear from his body.When the Trojans saw that he was bleeding profusely, they rushed over without hesitation.Odysseus backed away hastily, and called for help three times.

Menelaus was the first to hear the cry for help, and quickly said to Ajax beside him: "Get up, let us rush into the enemy line! I heard Odysseus calling for help!" Immediately, the two rushed to the wounded before the hero, and saw him holding his gun against the enemy.The Trojans suddenly saw Ajax's shield and trembled with fear.Menelaus took the opportunity to grab Odysseus' hand and help him onto the chariot.At the same time, Ajax rushed to the Trojans. Like a torrent in autumn, he swallowed up the withered pine and oak trees, killing the enemy and leaving them corpses.

Hector, who knew nothing of the battle here, fought on the left side of the field, on the bank near the Scamander River. When Hector saw the young soldiers following the hero Idomeneus, he rushed up and killed many of them.The Trojans surrounded him at once, ready to take revenge.Those young soldiers would not have backed down had not Paris shot an arrow with three barbs in the right shoulder of Mahaon, the most famous physician in Dannea's army.Seeing this, Idomeneus shouted anxiously: "Nestor! Get Mahon into the chariot quickly! A person who can heal arrow wounds and is good at medicine is worth hundreds of others!" Nestor Thor hurriedly helped the wounded Mahaon onto the chariot, and then drove back to the warship.

Ajax was still fighting hard.Seeing that the right wing of the Trojans was in disarray, Hector's ruler hurriedly reminded Hector.They drove off in a hurry.Hector fought valiantly among the Greeks.He remembered Zeus' warning to avoid fighting Ajax.At the same time the All-Father also terrified Ajax, so when he saw Hector approaching, he picked up his shield and withdrew towards the warship. When the Trojans saw him flee, they threw spears at the shield he carried on his back.But as soon as he turned his back, they fled in terror again.When Ajax came to the path leading to the warship, he stopped to defend the passage against the oncoming Trojans. At the same time, Nestor took the wounded Mahaon to the camp of warships and passed in front of the gloomy Achilles.He was sitting in the stern quietly watching the Trojans hunt down his people.He called Patroclus to him, and said: "Go, and ask Nestor who is the wounded man he brought back from the battle. For some reason, I suddenly felt pity for the Greeks." Patroclus came to the fleet as ordered.When the old man saw him, he quickly stood up from the chair, held his hand, and offered his seat in a friendly way.Patroclus said: "You're welcome, old man! Achilles sent me to look, he wanted to know who the wounded man was. Now I know, it's the hero Mahaon. I must hurry back Tell him. You know my friend is quick-tempered!" Nestor said with emotion: "Why does Achilles care so much about the Argives? In fact, all the bravest heroes are lying on the ship wounded. Diomedes was wounded by an arrow, Odysseus and Agamemnon were wounded by gunshots, and this genius doctor I just brought back, Mahon, was also wounded by arrows. But Achilles is ruthless! Does he want to wait until our ships are burned to ashes, wait until Would all the Greeks be content to die in blood? Oh, how I wish I was as strong as my youth! Those were my golden days. I lived in the house of Peleus as a victor. I have seen you, your father Menoitius, and young Achilles. His father, a half-old hero, encouraged him to be the first. As for you, your father repeatedly enjoined, I want you to be his friend and guide. Tell Achilles about it! Maybe your persuasion will move him." Patroclus passed by Odysseus' warship on his way back, and he met Eurypyrus, who was limping in pain.He begged Patroclus to heal his arrow wounds with the medicine of the centaur Chiron.Patroclus sympathized with him, helped him into the tent, let him lie on the buffalo leather mattress, then picked out the sharp arrowheads with a knife, washed the black blood with warm water, crushed the spicy herbs, and applied them to the wounds , until the blood slowly forms a scab.In this way he treated the wounded hero carefully.