Troy (film) Andromache a secret tunnel beneath Troy; should he die and the city fall, he instructs her to take their child and any survivors out of the city to Mount Ida. The next day, Achilles arrives outside Troy and challenges Hector; the two duel until Hector is killed, and Achilles drags his corpse back to the Trojan beach. Priam, in disguise, sneaks into the camp and implores Achilles to return Hector's body for a proper funeral. Ashamed of his actions, Achilles agrees and allows Briseis to return to Troy with Priam, promising a twelve day truce so that Hector's funeral rites
Eurypylus of Mysia The two armies fought before the ships through that night and the next day, the Greeks, only being able to avoid destruction, with the goddess Athena's aid. The Greeks asked Eurypylus for a two-day truce so they could bury their dead, which Eurypylus granted. Meanwhile the Greeks had sent Odysseus and Diomedes to Scyros to ask for Neoptolemus' help. And so Neoptolemus came to Troy, and found the Greeks hard-pressed by Eurypylus, fighting at their ships. In haste, Odysseus gives Neoptolemus Achilles' armor and spear, and seeming to be Achilles himself, Neoptolemus, along with Odysseus and Diomedes, rushed to the