Western Literature

For the past few weeks in my Western Literature class we have been reading the epic Homer's: Iliad. In yesterdays class we just read the part where Patroclus told Achilles that he would put on his armor and go into battle with the trojans. Patroclus' thought was that the trojans would go running for the hills when they saw "Achilles". But in result they went after him and killed him, thinking that it was Achilles. When Achilles found out what had happend he felt very, very guilty and now is seeking revenge on the trojans. He is seeking revenge because the trojans kept Patroclus body. In that time period that was a big deal because to have a proper funeral they would need the body present. At this point in the epic Achilles is very mad and upset that he let Patoclus go into battle pretending to be him and is now getting ready to go into battle to take back Patroclus' body and to kill th trojans.