. Achilles & Hector : Iliad stories retold for boys and girls . dtheir spears against Patroclus. A terrificblow between the shoulders made himreel. Another sent his helmet rollingbeneath the horses feet. His spear wasshattered in his hand, and in anothermoment a Trojan javelin had stabbedhim in the back. Disarmed and helpless,he turned at last to seek his friends, butit was too late. Hector felled him, andstood over him, one foot upon his chest. Patroclus 97 The gods hate thee! said sent thee to slay me, but hebrings thee no help now. Boast while thou mayst, falteredPatroclus ;

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. Achilles & Hector : Iliad stories retold for boys and girls . dtheir spears against Patroclus. A terrificblow between the shoulders made himreel. Another sent his helmet rollingbeneath the horses feet. His spear wasshattered in his hand, and in anothermoment a Trojan javelin had stabbedhim in the back. Disarmed and helpless,he turned at last to seek his friends, butit was too late. Hector felled him, andstood over him, one foot upon his chest. Patroclus 97 The gods hate thee! said sent thee to slay me, but hebrings thee no help now. Boast while thou mayst, falteredPatroclus ; it was the gods who laid melow, not thou. And as for thee, thy lifewill pay for mine. Achilles will slaythee. Or I will slay Achilles, answeredHector; but Patroclus did not hear, forhe was dead. On the edge of the battle-field thedriver and chariot of Achilles waited forPatroclus to return. They waited longin vain, and at last they turned slowlytoward home. The noble horses hungtheir heads as if in grief for the braveknight whom they had carried to 98 Achilles and Hector

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