What is up today? My family started showing up. It's going to be very active around the house for the next 3 days. Now.....ONTO ACHILLES!!
WOW! WOW! And......WOW! Okay. Maybe not that amazing, but Achilles did a pretty awesome job making quick work of the Trojans. Zeus actually repealed his "No Divine Intervention" clause because he was afraid that Achilles might sack the city before the destined time. All the gods are pretty psyched. They make all haste to begin helping. But then Poseidon and Hera, being the strongest on the battlefield, agree to just watch at first. You know...to see where the fight goes before intervening. The gods take seats on opposite sides of the battlefield depending on who they're rooting for. It's like a big theater for them. Hence the title "Pass the Popcorn."
But, before he takes his seat, Apollo encourages Aneias to fight Achilles. I don't know why. Maybe he just wanted a good show. It really doesn't matter because Aneias can't take on Achilles. So Poseidon rescues him. How sweet. Not 5 chapters ago I believe he was in cahoots with Hera to destroy the Trojans.
Now we just see Achilles slaughtering the Trojans. Homer usually takes forever when it comes to describing battle scenes, but Achilles is just one or two lines before moving on to the next kill. Finally Hektor challenges him only to perform horribly and have Apollo carry him away. Then Achilles goes back to slaughtering Trojan after Trojan. I guess the prophylactics have a better defense than these warriors. But I'll cut them some slack because it's Achilles.
Well, I'm finally happy. Achilles is back in the fight. Now I have 4 chapters left to see what will happen. In my last post I mistakenly titled it Chapter 20. But I went back and corrected that. This is the real chapter 20. I hope that everyone's enjoying. Good night. See you tomorrow.
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