The Greeks mourned over Ajax's death and Odysseus wish Ajax had gotten the armor so he wouldn't have died. Though the Greeks had stolen the Luck of Troy they were not any closer of taking Troy then they were 10 years ago. Calchus the soothsayer told the Greeks they must got Lemnos and seek the archer Philoctetes. Philoctetes had fought a dragon but the dragon bit his foot but Philoctetes was still able to kill the dragon. The venom in his wound made Philoctetes very ill and his cries kept the Greeks up during the night. So the Greeks deserted Philoctetes when they stopped for fresh water 10 years ago. Diomedes and Odysseus went to Lemnos and found Philoctetes in a cave. They brought him back and the Greeks did their best to get Philoctetes in fighting shape. When Philoctetes was able to fight he said that he was going to use his poisoned arrows when he was going to fight. The Greeks though thought that it wasn't the most honorable thing to do. Philoctetes still used his arrows he then went to battle with Paris and Philoctetes said that his bow was drawn by Heracles himself. Philoctetes then shot a poisoned arrow at Paris then Paris ordered his men to take him to Oeone. Paris begged for Oenone's forgiveness but Oenone did not forgive him since he left her for someone that was more fair than her and told Paris to go to Helen. Then Oenone changed her mind and looked for Paris but he was not there she was too late. Oenone looked for Paris and then she saw the burning funeral pyre and saw that he was dead she wanted to be with Paris so she jumped into the fire. The Trojans put the mingled ashes into one gold cup and buried it. The wood nymphs planted two Briar roses at the grave and over time the flowers braided to become one.
"All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity are easy. Stay away from easy."- Scott Alexander
"All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity are easy. Stay away from easy."- Scott Alexander