Happy Fourth of July! I hope that everyone has a very pleasant holiday. And I hope that this post will be just another little piece of happiness for you today. Onto the story.
Achilles is doing a very fine job of avenging his falling companion. He chases the Trojans to the river known as Xanthos. He makes quick work of them. The funny thing is that he does such a good job the he actually takes a break to round up twelve Trojans to send back to be "vengeanced" for Patroklos. Then he goes right back to work.
He kills soooooo many men that the river god Xanthos starts complaining how his river is becoming plugged up with the bodies. Achilles agrees to kill them on land. Then for some reason Xanthos asks Apollo why he isn't helping the Trojans. For some reason Achilles doesn't like this. He attacks Xanthos. Bad move even for him.
But he gets rescued by Hera and Hephaistos. It's actually pretty cool. Hephaistos boils the river with his flames until Xanthos gives up. Now Achilles chases the Trojans all the way to Troy's gates. He would've made it into the city if not for Agenor's brave stand. I really admired him for that. Uh oh. I used past tense. That doesn't sound good.
Don't worry. Agenor was saved by Apollo who took on his image and staved off Achilles long enough for everyone to make it inside. Now all the Trojans are inside the city. All of them much too afraid to come out.
I can imagine how this will end. But I'm kind of a cheater. I've seen the movie. Not everything is the same, but I'm pretty sure of where this is going. I won't spoil it for those who don't know.
There was also a lot of quarreling among the gods, but it wasn't all that intersting. So I left that out. If anyone really wants it, just let me know.
Only three books left. This has been fun. In the past I had started reading this book about 7 times or so. But I couldn't keep up the motivation for some reason. I definitely think this blog gives me a strong reason to continue. Even though I don't have any followers I still really enjoy the posting. But I do continue this journey for all my future followers. :-) for you! I'll have another one tomorrow. See you then. Ciao.
This is really enjoyable. Thank you.
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