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And so, Achille’s wrath is all-consuming and it is only because of the gods that Aeneas and Aegnor that they are saved, when Achilles fighting the river itself and killing two of Priam’s sons; and finally, through trickery from Athena, Hector meets his death at Achilles hand — and Andromache’s scene at the end of the chapter is the most evocative and saddest thus far. Poor Andromache. 💔

*** Most obvious spoiler in the book ***
I’m over here rooting for the Greeks like it’s the Super Bowl. I haven’t felt this passionately about a fictional battle in a while lol, I absolutely love how messy the gods are - hilarious. Fuck the Trojans (how can you root for them?) and Hector too for how he did Patroclus. He killed him and took Achilles’ armor?? That’s mad disrespect - Achilles’ go batshit