Hephaestus portrays the stream of Ocean around the rim - then he makes the rest of the armour - breastplate, helmet and greaves
You are THETIS. You take the amazing shield and the rest of the new armour to your son. He is overwhelmed with delight, and now desperate to get back to the fighting. To calm his worries about what will happen to Patroclus' body, you preserve it from the flies and maggots by instilling ambrosia and nectar through the nostrils. Achilles now summons the other leaders to a meeting ...

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