As usual, there’s another fight going on. Many of the Greek heroes are injured. Among the injured is the Greek healer (I forgot his name and I can’t find it anywhere). Achilles, noticing this, asks his trusted comrade Patroclus to see if he’s alright. Patroclus heads to the Greek camp and asks the healer if he will live. He says yes, but he won’t be able to help anyone for a while.
While this is happening, Hector is leading his army against the Greeks. Hector is overwhelming the enemy, and they’re being pushed back to their ships. Fortunately for the Greeks, Poseidon, the sea god, happens to look in their direction. He sees all the men dying and decides to help out. With Poseidon on their side, the Greeks begin to regain ground. Ajax decides that he doesn’t want to be friends with Hector anymore, and bashes him on the head with a rock. Hector is carried away, vomiting black blood. Zeus sees that the Greeks are somehow pulling back, and he decides to intervene. He tells Apollo to help Hector, and Apollo breathes strength into Hector. I do not know how that works. Hector is now more powerful than before, and begins slaying the Greeks left and right. Around this time, Patroclus is on his way back to Achilles. He sees all the bloodshed, and starts running.
When Patroclus returns to Achilles, he tells him about the healer, and about the battle. Then, he asks if he could borrow his armor. Patroclus thinks he can fool the Trojans into retreating if they think Achilles has reentered the battle. Achilles gives Patroclus his armor, and Patroclus impersonates Achilles. Achilles tells Patroclus to return once he has pushed back the Trojans, so that he knows he is safe. Patroclus returns to the battlefield, and many of the Trojans are frozen in fright when they see him. The Greeks get a new sense of determination when they see Patroclus, and together they push back the Trojans. Patroclus would have returned after that, but Zeus put a rage into Patroclus, and all Patroclus wanted to do was kill. He starts on a rampage before he is stabbed in the back by Apollo. Then more Trojan warriors stab Patroclus. Finally, Hector delivers the finishing blow. The Trojans see the Patroclus was not actually Achilles, and a fight begins to see who gets his armor.
When Achilles hears that Patroclus has been slain, he goes mad with grief. In his rampage, many Trojan warriors were killed, but Achilles was mainly searching for Hector. Hector stands firm at the gates of Troy, ready to fight Achilles. But at last second, he runs. Three times Achilles chases Hector around the castle. Finally, Hector decides that he want to go down fighting, and turns to face Achilles. Hector attacks with his sword, misses, and Achilles stabs him. Hector begs Achilles to return his body to his father, but Achilles gives no mercy. He drags Hector’s body behind his chariot and rides it around multiple times before leaving, showing Hector’s entire family his death.