Chapter Zero: My Last Iliad Blog With a Twist

" If you were to change one event or chapter from the Iliad, and replace it with your own story, what chapter or episode will that be?

Write your “version” of the story.

Narrate how it will affect the entire story or ending of the Iliad. "

If I can change one part or chapter in The Iliad, I would probably remove the part where Paris will kidnap/steal Helen from Menelaus, or even the part when Aphrodite shows Paris the apple. The anger of Menelaus from the third chapter will be the trigger for a greater and more devastating war between the Trojans and the Achaeans. But if I would be able to change one of the first parts of the book, it might change the whole story. If Paris would live as a normal warrior, and did not take Helen, there would probably still be war but, it won’t be as hellish as the normal story. Maybe, the war would end quickly and the Gods would retain their ‘fairness’ because in the normal story, they interfere from time to time just to help their favored city. In my story, there would still be unfairness with the Gods, but it will be minimized, because the war won’t last long, and Achilles would be a double crossing man helping the Achaeans first then the Trojans afterwards. Although Achilles would play a big part in my story ( just as he did in the original Iliad ), he will die in the end after realizing he double crossed each army. The war would bring peace to each army afterwards because they will realize that there is no purpose for war thus, increasing the peace rate in ancient Greece. Menelaus will still be Helen’s ONLY husband but Hector kills him, hence, enraging Agamemnon and sends Hector into the Fires of Hell ( kills him ). But then, the double crossing Achilles ( still alive in this chapter ) kills his former mate, and Achilles is the only great warrior alive. In the ending, Zeus gave Achilles the GUILT in betraying the two armies, giving him the weakness in  the foot specifically near the heel. He gets shot with an arrow then dies. The ending is really ironic because even if they engaged into war, they would be sister cities afterwards imposing peace and order. END.

Sing, goddess, of Achilles' ruinous anger
Which brought ten thousand pains to the Achaeans,
And cast the souls of many stalwart heroes
To Hades, and their bodies to the dogs
And birds of prey.

The Iliad
First lines, Book 1.

But you, once he slashed away your life with his brazen spear
He dragged you time and again around his comrade's tomb.
Patroclus whom you killed - not that he brought Patroclus
Back to life by that. But I have you with me now...
Fresh as the morning dew you lie in the royal halls
Like one whom Apollo, lord of the silver bow,
Has approached and shot to death with gentle shafts.

The Iliad
886-892 Lines, Book 24