Diary+of+Myrmidon

Comment from Hephaestus: Good job!

June 1, 2000BC,

What have I done! Getting myself into this war was the worst thing I could have possibly done! I have been in many battles before this but none of them have been like this! **THE HORRIBLE BLOODSHED!** I know it is an honour to serve under Achilles but this can't be worth any of the rewards that we get in the end! Why don't Hector and King Priam just surrender and prevent all of this death! Today we are going out to fight and I fear for the lives of my fellow myrmidon and Achilles. If Achilles died then the whole war would be over and the moral of everyone would drop a great deal. We are extremely skilled warriors, after all we are descendents of a son of Zeus: Myrmidon! I know that Achilles will lead us well so there is nothing to worry about, I better get some sleep now.



June 2, 2000BC,

I am heading into battle in a few hours and all I can think about is my family back home. My wife and son that is only 4 years of age... I've killed so many men! I have dreams where I relive my battles. Last night I had one where I was in an intense part of the battle, I dodged many different swords and then I stabbed a man in the back and moved on to help my comrads and then... I need to stop thinking about them and focus on keeping my whits about me. I should go into battle proud and hold my head high! After all you don't get to serve your nation as one of the best everyday! I am going to go and talk to Achilles about our tactics for today.He hasn't been out of his tent for a long time so I am getting worried. Is he ill? Is he scared? I dought that because I have never seen him scared before. I hope he is alright. There have been rumors about him arguing with Agamenmon so I wonder if that is to blame? I have also heard that he doesn't want to fight? I wonder...

June 3, 2000BC

You will not believe what has happened! We were led into battle by who we thought was Achilles but it ended up being Patrokles, Achilles best friend! Patrokles, not having the skills that Achilles does was slain and the battle has ended for the day! Achilles is in a rage of anger and I think he is going to challenge Hector to a 1 on 1 duel! I know that Achilles will win but I think he has this plan to put shame on Hector and his family! Achilles is a great leader but he is bent on revenge and I know that that is never a good place to be. It was amazing how much Patrokles looked like him out there! He moved like him and even talked like him, I have no idea how we could have guessed that it wasn't Achilles! We had a huge ceremony and burning of Patrokles and I haven't seen Achilles since then. I hope he is alright... There is another rumour going around camp saying that once our army gets close to breaking through the walls of Troy that Achilles will simply send all of the Myrmidon home! I think he has made acquaintances and even friends of some of the Trojans! I wonder how...