The rest of Trojan had fled from the onslaught of Achilles and taken refuge within their wall, but Hector remained outside the gates, deliberatelyawaiting the duel which he knew he must fight. Yet when Achilles finally appeared, Hector was overcome by understandable terror and turned to flee. Three times they ran the circuit of the walls of Troy before Hector stopped and bravely faced his great opponent Achilles's spear lodged in Hector's throat and he fell to the ground Barely able to speak, hector begged that Achilles should allow his body to be ransomed after his death, but Achilles, furious with the man who had killed Patroclus, spurnedhis appeal and proceeded to subject the body togreat indignities. First he dragged it by the heels behind his chariot round the walls of the city, for all of Troy to see. Then he took the body back to the greek camp, where it lay untended in his huts The return of Hectors Body Achilles then arranged an elaborate funeral for Patroclus. a huge pyre was built over it many sheep and cattle were slaughtered and their carcasses" piled around the body of the dead hero. Jars of honey and oil were added to the pyre, and then four horses and two of Patroclus's dogs. Twelve Trojan prisoners were slaughtered over the pyre, which was then set alight. It burned all night, and all night Achilles poured libations of wine and mourned aloud for Patroclus. The next day the bones of Patroclus were collected and laid in a golden urn, and a great mound was raised where the pyre had been. Funeral games with magnificent prizes were held, with competitions for chariot racing. Boxing, wrestling, running, armed fighting, throwing the discus and archery. And every day at dawn, for twelve days, Achilles dragged the body of Hector three times round the mound, until even the gods, who had foreseen and arranged all this, were shocked, and Zeus sent Iris, messenger of the gods, into Troy to visit Priam and instruct him to go secretly to the Greek camp with a fine ransom, which Achilles would accept in return for relinquishing the body of Priams son So Priam, escorted by a single herald, set out for the Greek camp, and was met in the dusk as he drew near to the greek ships by Herms, disguised as a follower of Achilles. Hermes guided Priam through the greek camp, so that he arrived unseen at the hut of Achilles. Priam went straight in and threw himself at Achilles's feet: he asked the hero to think of his own father Peleus, and to show mercy on the father who had lost so many of his own sons at the hands of the greek he asked to be allowed to take the body of his greatest son back to Troy with him in order that he should be properly mourned and buried by his kinsmen. Achilles was moved by his appeal; they wept together, and Priams request was granted. So Hectors body was returned to Troy, where he was mourned and buried with appropriate rites Here the iliad ends but it is by no means the end of the story of Troy. The rest of the story is recounted partly in the Odyssey and partly by the tragedians, but also by later Roman authors, principally Virgil in the Aeneid and a miscellany" of later poets such as Quintus of Smyrna. After the death of Hector, a series of allies came to the assistance of the Trojans, including the amazons under their queen, Penthesileia, and the Ethiopians led by Memnon, a son of Eos, goddess of the dawn. Both Penthesileia and Memnon were killed by Achilles. But Achilles had al ways known that he himself 6868 The rest of Trojan had fled from the onslaught31 of Achilles and taken refuge within their wall, but Hector remained outside the gates, deliberately32 awaiting the duel which he knew he must fight. Yet when Achilles finally appeared, Hector was overcome by understandable terror and turned to flee. Three times they ran the circuit of the walls of Troy before Hector stopped and bravely faced his great opponent. Achilles’s spear lodged33 in Hector’s throat and he fell to the ground. Barely able to speak, hector begged that Achilles should allow his body to be ransomed after his death, but Achilles, furious with the man who had killed Patroclus, spurned34 his appeal and proceeded to subject the body to35 great indignities. First he dragged it by the heels behind his chariot round the walls of the city, for all of Troy to see. Then he took the body back to the Greek camp, where it lay untended36 in his huts. The Return of Hector’s Body Achilles then arranged an elaborate funeral for Patroclus. A huge pyre was built; over it many sheep and cattle were slaughtered and their carcasses37 piled around the body of the dead hero. Jars of honey and oil were added to the pyre, and then four horses and two of Patroclus’s dogs. Twelve Trojan prisoners were slaughtered over the pyre, which was then set alight. It burned all night, and all night Achilles poured libations38 of wine and mourned aloud for Patroclus. The next day the bones of Patroclus were collected and laid in a golden urn, and a great mound was raised where the pyre had been. Funeral games with magnificent prizes were held, with competitions for chariot racing. Boxing, wrestling, running, armed fighting, throwing the discus and archery. And every day at dawn, for twelve days, Achilles dragged the body of Hector three times round the mound, until even the gods, who had foreseen and arranged all this, were shocked, and Zeus sent Iris, messenger of the gods, into Troy to visit Priam and instruct him to go secretly to the Greek camp with a fine ransom, which Achilles would accept in return for relinquishing39 the body of Priam’s son. So Priam, escorted by a single herald, set out for the Greek camp, and was met in the dusk as he drew near to the Greek ships by Herms, disguised as a follower of Achilles. Hermes guided Priam through the Greek camp, so that he arrived unseen at the hut of Achilles. Priam went straight in and threw himself at Achilles’s feet: he asked the hero to think of his own father Peleus, and to show mercy on the father who had lost so many of his own sons at the hands of the Greek; he asked to be allowed to take the body of his greatest son back to Troy with him in order that he should be properly mourned and buried by his kinsmen. Achilles was moved by his appeal; they wept together, and Priam’s request was granted. So Hector’s body was returned to Troy, where he was mourned and buried with appropriate rites. Here the Iliad ends, but it is by no means the end of the story of Troy. The rest of the story is recounted partly in the Odyssey and partly by the tragedians, but also by later Roman authors, principally Virgil in the Aeneid and a miscellany40 of later poets such as Quintus of Smyrna. After the death of Hector, a series of allies came to the assistance of the Trojans, including the Amazons under their queen, Penthesileia, and the Ethiopians led by Memnon, a son of Eos, goddess of the dawn. Both Penthesileia and Memnon were killed by Achilles. But Achilles had always known that he himself