The Iliad: Book 16 Quiz

While the battle around the ships continues, Patroklos pleads with Achilles to be allowed to wear Achilles' armor be allowed to go home for a day be allowed to eat lunch early change sides in the battle( be allowed to wear Achilles' armor, be allowed to go home for a day, be allowed to eat lunch early, change sides in the battle ) and to lead the Myrmidons Mermaids Polyhedrons Marmosets( Myrmidons, Mermaids, Polyhedrons, Marmosets ), his troops, into battle.

While Achilles is considering the request from Patroklos, flames are seen rising from among the ships, indicating great success for the Trojans someone is having a barbecue winter is coming the Achaeans are clumsy with matches( great success for the Trojans, someone is having a barbecue, winter is coming, the Achaeans are clumsy with matches ).

Achilles consents, and Patroklos and the Myrmidons arm themselves with great enthusiasm great big clubs a sense of impending doom fear of the unknown( great enthusiasm, great big clubs, a sense of impending doom, fear of the unknown ).

After Achilles has addressed them and offered a libation to Zeus, he warns Patroklos to do no more than rescue the ships bring back the wounded go in to see how bad the damage is watch from afar( rescue the ships, bring back the wounded, go in to see how bad the damage is, watch from afar ), for if he attacks Troy, he may be killed.

The Trojans are panicked by the belief that Achilles has decided to unleash his fury against them write an epic poem join the Trojan army stay in the camp( unleash his fury against them, write an epic poem, join the Trojan army, stay in the camp ), and in a short time, the addition of Achilles' fresh and well equipped regiment of Myrmidons to the Achaian army destroys the Trojan advantage walls countryside horses( Trojan advantage, walls, countryside, horses ).

Hektor and his men flee toward Troy stay and fight burn more ships are all killed( flee toward Troy, stay and fight, burn more ships, are all killed ).

Patroklos pursues Hektor and his men all the way to the walls of Troy, doing many heroic deeds on the way whatever they please on the way great injustice on the way many stupid things on the way( many heroic deeds on the way, whatever they please on the way, great injustice on the way, many stupid things on the way )

However, Apollo decides to enter the fighting as an ally of Hektor, and while Patroklos, in an almost god-like manner, slaughters nine Trojans women children insects( Trojans, women, children, insects ) in a single charge, Apollo slips up behind him and strikes him so fiercely on the back that Patroklos' vizored helmet flies off he loses a couple of teeth he falls off a cliff and dies Patroklos' loses a boot( Patroklos' vizored helmet flies off, he loses a couple of teeth, he falls off a cliff and dies, Patroklos' loses a boot ).

Then, while Patroklos is standing in a daze, a Trojan soldier pierces him midway between the shoulders with a javelin big stick large fish ray of hope( javelin, big stick, large fish, ray of hope ).

Patroklos tries to hide, but Hector Helen Agamemnon Apollo( Hector, Helen, Agamemnon, Apollo ) sees him and rams a spear through the lower part of his belly.

His voice failing, Patroklos tells Hektor that it was not he who conquered him. It was the gods the love of women and wine that big, sharp spear just a coincidence( the gods, the love of women and wine, that big, sharp spear, just a coincidence ), he says.

Achilles' horses, Roan Beauty Pinkie Pie Apple Fritter Black Beauty( Roan Beauty, Pinkie Pie, Apple Fritter, Black Beauty ) and Dapple Rarity Spirit Sawdust( Dapple, Rarity, Spirit, Sawdust ), are introduced, emphasizing the importance of horses in ancient warfare. As with human characters, the lineage of the horses is given.