Briseis, the beautiful prize awarded to Achilles, and snatched by Agamemnon
You are ACHILLES. You reluctantly admit that not even you can nurse a grudge for ever. You agree that Patroclus wearing your helmet would deter the Trojans. He must save the ships from Hector, whose murderous shouts you can now hear from your tent. But on no account must he go further, and lead the Greeks on to attack Troy, not even if Zeus gives him the chance. Meanwhile, back at the ships ...

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