Gods and goddesses frequently interject into the action in The Iliad. The God Apollo supports the Trojans, and intervenes to halt a wounded Patroclus. Hector executes Patroclus at the conclusion of Book 16.
Apollo participated in the Trojan War as a soldier for Troy. He once fired sickening arrows into the Greek camp, rendering many of the warriors sick and frail. Apollo later directed the shot that struck Achilles in the heel and killed him after the Greek hero Achilles beat the Trojan Hector.
Patroclus is portrayed as Achilles' right-hand man throughout the Iliad, frequently doing his chores. But after Achilles disagrees with King Agamemnon of Mycenae about his slave-lover Briseis and stops fighting out of hate for Agamemnon.
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