Sažetak djela Homer (Chapter 9)

Što se događa

1. Achilles renounces his anger against Agamemnon, accepts reconciliation gifts, and impatiently waits while the army eats.
2. Briseis mourns Patroclus, while Achilles refuses food and receives divine nourishment before putting on his armor.
3. Xanthus warns Achilles of his approaching death, but Achilles accepts his fate and drives into battle.
4. Gods rescue Aeneas and Hector, while Achilles slaughters Trojans, captures twelve youths for sacrifice, and rejects Lycaon’s plea for mercy.
5. The river attacks Achilles over the corpses choking its waters, but divine help and Vulcan’s fire force it to retreat.
6. Achilles drives the Trojans behind their walls, leaving Hector outside, while the gods fight among themselves.

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Achilles turns the certainty of death into a reason to deny mercy. His grief for Patroclus now fuels cruelty toward captives.

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