Talk:Achilles/@comment-4967984-20180505165209/@comment-35068264-20180506113950

some things could have gone better and Achilles still isn't a saint, but isn't the reason why this whole chain of events started was because Agamemnon took Achilles' woman from him in the first place? Mind you this is the same woman Agamemnon gifted Achilles as thanks for his help in the war.

and the reason why he took her was because Agamemnon had taken the daughter of an Apollo priest, and then father begged him for her return in exchange for riches. and when he wouldn't, the priest prayed to Apollo and Apollo unleashed a plague in his army. only then did he reluctantly return the daughter, BUT in exchange demanded a new prize, who was Achilles' woman.

to me it kinda seems like Agamemnon went "hey Achilles here's a gift for helping us in the war. OH wait.. i had to return mine so I'm gonna take yours, who i gave to you in the first place, because i cannot have mine" I can see why people would blame Agamemnon. and Achilles probably shouldn't be butthurt for that long, but I can see why he was in the first place.

Also from what I read, Hector did not give Patroclus' body back, the Greeks took him back when the Trojans were distracted by Achilles' sudden appearance and roar of rage after he heard Patroclus had died.