Priam son." Deeply moved, Achilles relents and returns Hector's corpse to the Trojans. Both sides agree to a temporary truce, and Achilles gives Priam leave to hold a proper funeral for Hector, complete with funeral games. He promises that no Greek will engage in combat for at least nine days, but on the twelfth day of peace, the Greeks would all stand once more and the mighty war would continue. Priam is killed during the Sack of Troy by Achilles' son Neoptolemus (also known as Pyrrhus). His death is graphically related in Book II of Virgil's "Aeneid". In Virgil's description, Neoptolemus
The Cure at Troy The Cure at Troy The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes is a verse adaptation by Seamus Heaney of Sophocles' play "Philoctetes". It was first published in 1991. The story comes from one of the myths relating to the Trojan War. Heaney's version is well known for its lines:History says, Don't hope<br>On this side of the grave,<br>But then, once in a lifetime<br>The longed-for tidal wave<br>Of justice can rise up<br>And hope and history rhyme. The passage was quoted by Bill Clinton in his remarks to the community in Londonderry in 1995 during the Northern Ireland Peace Process, and by