BOOK 6

Greeks: Kill them, never let them breathe any air...! Have no Mercy.
Narrator: They began battling for power, swords clashing and bodies covered with filth of
blood was drenched on the battlefield. With overflowing will and hatred, Menelaus
attacked Adrestus,the warrior of the Trojans.
Adrestus: Please give me your mercy! I plead for your forgiveness.
Ajax: Very well then, everyone deserves a rightful chance.
Nestor: Whats gotten into your mind Ajax? Giving this person the kindness from you?
Agamemnon: Oh the ever power Adrestus was now on his knees for forgivenes? Only the
weak and the cowardly would do such things.
Narrator: Agamemnon stabbed Adrestus that ended his life and the battle continued, as
for the Greeks this was a chance for their victory over the Trojans.

(Glaucus comes face to face with Diomedes to have a battle in the No man's land)

Diomedes: Glaucus, tell me about your lineage?

Glaucus: I am Glaucus of the Lycians. My father is Sisyphus and...
(Glaucus told Diomedes about his lineage)
Diomedes: Your ancestry was connected to mine.
(Diomedes stucked his spear on the ground to show Glaucus his offered friendship)
Glaucus: I will give you my armor as a sign of brotherhood.
Diomedes: I also accept my loyalty towards you. (giving his armor)

(Hector goes to the halls of Paris to find him polishing his armor rather than fighting.)
Hector: what is bothering you, my Friend? We should have a fight today, arent we?
Paris: I am afraid but we must proceed to battle immediately.
Hector: I need to see first my wife and son.
(at the watch tower)
Hector: My dearest wife there you are.
Andromache: So you are to battle again.
Hector: I have to. For our people.
Andromache: Don't risk your life. We don't want to lose you, I need a husband and our
son needs a father.
Narrator: Hector was touched by this plea, but does not not allow himself to be moved.
Hector: I want to stay but I would die of shame. If I would shrink from battle now, a
coward.
BOOK 7
Narrator: Hector and Paris enter the battlefield and rally the Trojans within the first
moments of their entry.
Athena: I tried to counter the Trojan advance but became unsuccssful.
Apollo: Just halt the the battle for the day by having Hector challenge a greek into a duel.
Athena: Very well, let us go through the idea
Narrator: Athena agrees to the plan and Apollo takes the form of Helenus
Apollo/Helenus: Hector, I have something to tell you. (whisper)
Hector: Good thinking. I look forward to the challenge.
Narrator: Hector voices the challenge to the armies.
Hector: If I win I will get the armor of the Greek I beat. But if I lose, my armor shall be
given up and the body of the fallen will be returned to his countrymen.

Narrator: The greeks remained silent, afraid to take the challenge. But Menelaus decided
upon himself.
Menelaus: I should take it, I will beat the monster in them!
Chief: That is just unwise of you. We should have the one who will have the courage not
just with words but also in actions. Ajax of Telamon, you should battle against the
Trojans.
Narrator: Ajax proceeds to battle.
Ajax: As a warrior, I am not scared by you, do you think you are that corageous?
Hector: Let us see that.
Narrator: He hurls his spear against Ajax's head. Ajax hits his shield. The fight of wild
lions and boars are rough. Hector sustains a neck wound and throws rock at Ajax. Ajax
throws a rock at him knocking him to the ground.
Helenus: Hector are you alright? It's almost night both of you shall call a truce till the next
day.
Hector: Okay, we should call it a truce.
Narrator: The two who fought with hatred, exchanged gifts of friendship as a sign of
truce.
Hector: That was an outstanding fight.
Ajax: Yes, I am grateful to have you as an opponent.
BOOK 8
Narrator: Zeus calls the assembly of the gods.
Zeus: I will change the tide of the battle, all gods will not take part in the war and any god
who strive against me shall be punished and hurled into Tartarus.
Athena: We pity the Greeks and we merely intend to supply them with tactics.
Zeus: Nothing in earnest, concerning the torture of other deities. I shall go to Mount Ida
to overlook the battle.
Narrator: The battle begins again and the ground streams with blood. By high noon Zeus
decides for the death of a Trojan and a Greek. He hurls lightning into the battlefield
forcing the Greeks to shrink back.
Nestor: Don’t fall back! What’s the matter with you cowards.
Hector: You, Greeks are no match to us, trojans.
Narrator: Zeus hurls more lightnings while the other gods are becoming more concerned.
Hera: Poseidon, we must help the Greeks.
Poseidon: I’m afraid we can’t or else we would battle Zeus.
Narrator: Hera encouraged Agamemnon to rally his troops. Agamemnon ,then, appeals to
Zeus for mercy.
Agamemnon: Zeus, have mercy. I have made many sacrifices to you.
Narrator: Zeus felt pity and gave Agamemnon a sign, an eagle carrying a fawn in its
talons. Zeus bent his head and the armies were saved. Seeing this, the Achaians are
excited, and they start fighting back more vigorously against the Trojans. Once again,
Diomedes is in the forefront of the battle. The Trojans press the Achaians hard. Hera is
not pleased. This time, she asks Athena for help.
Hera: Athena, please help me. We must help the Greeks.
Athena: Won’t we get in trouble if Zeus finds out.
Hera: Don’t worry about that. Anyway, you his little girl right. I’m sure he won't stay mad
for long.
Narrator: The two goddesses have gotten ready and went down to the battlefield.
Unfortunately, when the god sees them , he told them to stop or face serious
consequences. Zeus's threats are so frightening that the goddesses obey and return to
Olympos. Now Zeus leaves Mount Ida and rides back to Olympos himself. Upon his
arrival, he starts mocking the goddesses.
Hera: I was just trying to keep the Achaians from being destroyed.
Zeus : Tough luck. I'm going to keep destroying them until Achilleus comes back to
battle, when the fight has reached the ships, and when there is a struggle over the body
of Patroklos.
Narrator: Now night falls and the battle ends. The Trojans are disappointed because they
were interrupted while they were winning. Understandably, the Achaians are overjoyed.
Hektor: We will camp on the plain and set watch fires to detect any sign of the Achaians
trying to sail away.
Narrator: Hector also sent a message back to the city for the boys and old men to keep
watch on the ramparts, and the women to start fires burning in each courtyard, so that
they will be able to see any attempted night raid by the Achaians.The thousand fires of
the Trojans are likened to stars.

BOOK 9
Narrator: In the Achaian camp, everyone is in a panic.
Agamemnon: We’re now going to be forced to head home in shame.
Diomedes :You insulted me, saying I'm not as good as my dad and everyone knows how I
showed you! No way am I going home on your loser crew. Sthenelaos and I are going to
keep fighting even if it's only the two of us.
Nestor : I agree, Diomedes. But first, we should serve the men dinner.
Narrator: While everyone eats, Agamemnon hosts a private gathering for his
commanders.
Nestor: I propose that we ask Achilleus for help.
Agamemnon: I agree. I was not in my right mind when I insulted Achilleus in front of
everyone.
Narrator: Agamemnon lists a bunch of stuff he plans to give to Achilleus if he will come
back and fight for the Achaians. To deliver this offer, Nestor now picks out some of the
most esteemed Achaian warriors: Aias, Odysseus, and Phoinix. After everyone prays for
success, the guys head off.
Narrator: When they get to Achilleus's tent, they find the great warrior singing, playing
the lyre, and chilling out with his best buddy Patroklos.
Achilleus: Welcome, my dear friends. Dinner has just been served. Come and join me.
Narrator: When they've all finished eating, Odysseus makes the offer.
Odysseus: Achilleus, bad things are happening to the Achaians.
Narrator: He reminds him how his father Peleus must have instructed him to be good to
his friends and rein in his fearsome temper. Then he recites Agamemnon's offer word-for-
word. Then, he throws in a special message:
Odysseus: If all that stuff doesn't convince you, at least think of us, your friends. Plus, you
can kill Hektor and win great glory.
Achilleus: I am sorry. I shall refuse this offer. I intend to sail home the very next day.
Narrator: Achilleus argues that no price Agamemnon can offer is worth his own life.
Achilleus reveals that he is thinking about this because of a prophecy his mother told
him...
Achilleus: If I stay in Troy, I will have a short but glorious life, but if I go home, I will have
a long life without glory.
Narrator: The great warrior has made up his mind to take the second option. He
encourages the other Achaians to sail home as well.
Achilleus: Phoinix, stay with me so we can leave together in the morning.
Phoinix : I can't accept it.
Narrator: Then he tells a long story about his own origins and connection to Achilleus and
how he came to the house of Peleus, Achilleus's father. Peleus became a sort of mentor to
the young Achilleus, whom he came to regard as his own son.
Phoinix : I didn't go through all the trouble of raising you just to have you freak out now.
Don’t be so inflexible. Even the gods change their minds when they hear the prayers of
mortals.
Narrator: Then Phoinix tells another long story about the hero Meleagros. Phoinix thinks
Achilleus should take the treasure now while the offer's still good.
Phoinix : You never know what might happen in the future.
Achilleus: I still refuse to help the Achaians in battle.
Narrator: He repeats his request that Phoinix spend the night in his tent and says he'll
think about sailing away in the morning. The other warriors take this as their cue to leave.
Aias criticizes Achilleus for being so inflexible and says that even parents whose children
have been murdered have let their anger go when they were paid appropriate amends.
Achilleus is simply hell-bent on hurting the Achaians any way he can.
Achilleus: I will not start fighting until Hektor and the Trojans start burning their very own
ships.
Narrator: Odysseus, Aias, and the heralds leave, but Phoinix stays with Achilleus as he
requested. When the others get back to the council and tell everyone what happened,
everyone is dumbstruck.
Diomedes: Forget Achilleus. We can do fine without him. I expect to see Agamemnon
fighting in the front lines tomorrow.
BOOK 10
Narrator: Agamemnon and Menelaos can't sleep. Over The two warriors get ready and
run outside, where they run into each other. They agree that they need a plan to save the
Achaians.
Agamemnon : Menelaos, go call together the leading chieftains. I will go find Nestor.
Narrator: When Agamemnon finds Nestor...
Agamemnon : I suggest we go check on the sentries.
Nestor : I agree, but shouldn't we call together some other guys first.
Agamemnon : Menelaos is already on it.
Narrator: Soon enough, all the VIPs meet up where the sentries are.
Nestor : Someone should infiltrate the Trojan lines to see what they're up to.
Diomedes : I volunteer but I got to take someone good as backup.
Agamemnon: I agree. Make your choice purely on the basis of merit.
Diomedes: I pick Odysseus.
Narrator:They start getting ready and when they're about to head out, Athene sends a
heron as a signal that she’s watching over them. It is too dark to see it but the men hear
its cry. They pray to Athene, then head out.
Narrator: Meanwhile, among the Trojans...
Hektor : Someone must go spy on the Achaians.
Dolon: I volunteer but in return for this service, I should receive Achilleus's chariot when
the war's over.
Hektor : It's yours.
Narrator: Dolon runs off into the night. Too bad for Dolon that Odysseus and Diomedes
see him coming. They play dead amid the corpses on the battlefield and wait for him to
run past them. Then they chase him down.
Dolon: Ok. I surrender
Odysseus: Then I promise we won't kill you. But first tell us the details about the layout of
the Trojan camp.
Dolon: There are the marvelous horses and chariot of the Thracian King Rhesos, an ally
of the Trojans. Now that I told you what you want to know. Let us negotiate the terms of
my ransom.
Narrator: The negotiations are cut short and Diomedes beheads Dolon. Odysseus and
Diomedes make their way into the Trojan camp, where they find the sleeping King Rhesos
and his men, just as Dolon described. While Odysseus unhitches the horses, Diomedes
murders the lot of them in their sleep. Then the two Achaians make a quick getaway, with
the horses, back to their camp. When they get back to base, they offer prayers of thanks
to Athene.