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Both Homer's The Iliad, and Virgil's The Aeneid, recount the many grave occurrences, and key hero's and gods and goddesses of the tumultuous Trojan War. The Trojans and Greeks are for the most part evenly matched; however, the Greeks triumph after ten years of restless war comes about because of many factors. The people of Troy suffer to a greater extent than the Greeks, because of Hector's unwise actions, Paris's gluttonous decision, and the gods' involvement in the war.

Hector's hubris and imprudent decisions result in massive losses in Trojan life. Although a leader and hero of the Trojan forces, Hector makes a colossal mistake by slaying Achilles closest friend, Patroclus, "just as a mountain lion overpowers a mighty boar". Hector also "removed Achilles' shining armor from Patroclus and took it for himself," to demonstrate superiority. However, this arrogant act, only further enrages godlike Achilles, and compels him to reenlist in the Greek army, and wreak havoc upon the......

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