A Cancao De Aquiles -

Without Achilles, the Greeks suffer terrible losses. Patroclus, desperate to save their comrades, dons Achilles’s armor and leads the Myrmidons into battle. He performs heroically but is killed by the Trojan prince Hector.

“I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.” “Eu nunca o deixarei. Será assim, sempre, enquanto ele me permitir.” Report prepared for literary analysis purposes. A cancao de Aquiles

When Helen of Sparta is abducted (or elopes), the Greek kings are summoned to sail for Troy. Thetis, Achilles’s divine mother (a sea nymph), knowing that her son will die if he goes to Troy, disguises him as a woman on the island of Scyros. Patroclus finds him, and Achilles chooses glory and Patroclus over safety. Without Achilles, the Greeks suffer terrible losses