Menelaos attempts to protect the body of Patroklos keep the wine protect the horses hide( protect the body of Patroklos, keep the wine, protect the horses, hide ) from the enemy, but finally he is driven off by Hector Zeus Apollo Athena( Hector, Zeus, Apollo, Athena ).

The Trojan commander strips Achilles' beautiful armor from the corpse and puts it on in place of his own somewhere for the Achaeans to find it in the ocean on his horse( on in place of his own, somewhere for the Achaeans to find it, in the ocean, on his horse ).

Then almost immediately, a battle develops over Patroklos' naked corpse who gets to eat first Patroklos' jewelry who gets to wear the armor( Patroklos' naked corpse, who gets to eat first, Patroklos' jewelry, who gets to wear the armor ).

Patroklos' body: The Trojans hope to take it to Troy to mutilate it burn it leave it where it is dress it up as Achilles( take it to Troy to mutilate it, burn it, leave it where it is, dress it up as Achilles ) as a warning to all the Achaians, and the Achaians want to give it a proper funeral ceremony give it to the Trojans mutilate it to show their fierceness offer it to the gods( give it a proper funeral ceremony, give it to the Trojans, mutilate it to show their fierceness, offer it to the gods ).

The leading warriors on both sides engage in the fight over Patroklos' body, and two gods, Apollo Ares Zeus Poseidon( Apollo, Ares, Zeus, Poseidon ) and Athena Aphrodite Hera Iris( Athena, Aphrodite, Hera, Iris ), also join.

While the fight over the body is going on, Hector attempts to capture Achilles' horses steal the body set some ships on fire steal the armor from the commander( to capture Achilles' horses, steal the body, set some ships on fire, steal the armor from the commander ), but they escape back to the Achaian camp the armor is too big to carry all the ships are already burning he falls asleep instead( they escape back to the Achaian camp, the armor is too big to carry, all the ships are already burning, he falls asleep instead ).

The body of Patroklos is rescued and is safely carried back given back lost forever mutilated and thrown( rescued and is safely carried back, given back, lost forever, mutilated and thrown ) to the Achaian camp.

The horses of Achilles weep for the dead Patroklos eat grass and don't care run away when they hear loud noises have really nice hair( weep for the dead Patroklos, eat grass and don't care, run away when they hear loud noises, have really nice hair )

The Homeric Greeks believed that one's soul could not enter the afterworld unless the proper burial rites had been carried out — in this case, cremation and burial of the ashes under a barrow. The battle that takes place over the body of Patroklos the horses the ships the armor of Achilles( the body of Patroklos, the horses, the ships, the armor of Achilles ) is due to this belief.