Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (2)

• Euphorbus Wounds Patroclus (*Iliad* 16)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Patroclus’s death sequence · Homeric — second blow after Apollo; prelude to Hector’s killing thrust
• Polydamas Advises Hector (*Iliad* 12 and 18)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Trojan counsel vs. Hector’s force · Homeric — bird-omen counsel at the ditch; night counsel after Achilles’ return

Places appearing with them

• Achaean council
• Achaean ditch and wall
• Before the walls of Troy
• Throng of battle
• Trojan shore

Themes

• Exile
• Hospitality
• Prophecy
• War