Patroklos



= **Patroklos** = = = The son of Menoetius and the lifelong companion of Achilles, Patroklos lived and as well died an ugly death at the hands of Hector. He became the motivation that made Achilles driven to conquer The City of Troy.

During the siege of Troy, everything in the beginning was in a standstill. Achilles would not want to invade Troy since he had a big fight with the commanding general of the Greeks, Agamemnon and was beyond sympathy to the flail Trojans. This made Patroklos, the longtime trusted friend of Achilles, to don the armor of his friend and imply force on the Trojan city. Achilles was at first not keen on this idea but he decided he would let his friend and his army invade with a condition of not digging deep into the city of the Trojans.

As they massacred the last of the Trojan army, Patroklos was unconscious that he was well ahead of his army. This gave the chance of Apollon to enter and wipe the helmet and the garter that held Patroklos' body armor. Then came Hector with his wielded sword and struck Patroklos directly in the chest. Patroklos immediately died once he fell on the floor.

When Achilles found out that his friend had died at the hands of his enemy, he was engulfed in rage and started to launch a full-scale attack on Troy with Hector dying instead in his hands. This proved to be the turning point of the Greeks with the Trojans. Patroklos had been the clear motivation if not for Achilles, but also the army that won that battle.

Sources :

http://messagenetcommresearch.com/myths/ppt/Patroklos_1.html http://www.vroma.org/~araia/patroklos.html