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The next day the Danae came together to attend the council called by Menelaus.When they were all assembled, he stood up and said, "Hear me, noble princes. My heart bleeds when I see our warriors die in great numbers. They went to war for me, and now it seems like everyone is dying to see their families.Actually otherwise, let us leave this ominous place.Let the living go back by boat.Now that Achilles and Ajax are dead, we can no longer hope for victory in war.As for me, I no longer care about my wicked wife Helen, I care about you more than her, let her stay with Paris! " Menelaus said this in order to test the Greeks, for in his heart he wanted to destroy the Trojans more than anyone else.But Diomedes didn't see through his plot, and got up from his seat angrily, and said mockingly: "What a shameful coward you are! The brave descendants of the Greeks will not go back with you. Going to the top of Troy will not stop!"

No sooner had Diomedes sat down than the soothsayer Calchas rose and offered a wise proposal to reconcile these two extreme opposites of opinion. "You all know," said he, "that nine years ago, when we set out to conquer that damned city, we were obliged to abandon the noble hero Philoctetes on the desolate island of Remnos. We We did this because we could not bear the stench of his wounds and his groans of pain. But in any case we did it unjustly and unjustly. And now a prophet among our captives tells I, we can take Troy only with the help of Philoctetes and the arrows he received from his friend Hercules, and in the presence of Pyrrhus son of Achilles himself. This Troy This prophecy was told to me, perhaps because he was convinced of its impossibility. My advice is, send Diomedes, the bravest hero, and Odysseus, the most eloquent hero, and let them Rush to the island of Scylus to find Pyrhos, the son of Achilles raised by his grandfather. We hope to persuade Philoctetes through him, and ask Philoctetes to bring the arrow of Heracles to Come here. Then we may conquer Troy."

The Greeks cheered when they heard this proposal and expressed their approval.Immediately the two heroes departed in a boat, while the remaining warriors prepared to fight.At the same time, the Trojans were also preparing for battle, and now Eurypyrus, the son of Telephus, came to the rescue from Mysia with many warriors, so the Trojans gained new courage.It is inevitable that the Greeks suffered losses in the war because they lost two brave and good fighters.