| You are ACHILLES. You swear you will not bury Patroclus until you have slaughtered Hector. You promise to sacrifice 12 Trojan youths on his funeral pyre. Meanwhile his body shall lie by the ships, wept over by your captive Trojan women. The body is washed, placed on a bier, and covered. Meanwhile Thetis has arrived at Hephaestus' palace on Olympus... |
