Why achilles refuse to fight

Chryses goes to Agamemnon and begs of him to return his daughter, Chrysies, whom was taken captive by Agamemnon and Achilles during a raid. Chryses is threatened and sent away belittled by Agamemnon. Learning of this insult to one of his priest, Apollo showered the Achaean troops with arrows for three days.

Apollo only stopped the plague after Agamemnon made the proper sacrifice of one hundred sacred bulls and returned Chrysies to her father.

During the course of the battles between the Trojans and the Achaeans, Apollo entered on several occasions to aid, assist, and give glory to the great Trojan warrior Hector. At one point, when Hector is wounded by Aias , Apollo heals him enough the push the Achaeans back to their ships. He also aided Hector in the killing of Achilles best friend Patroclus.

Agamemnon is furious with Calchas, saying that the seer enjoys delivering evil prophecies, but the king agrees to give up the girl. He insists, however, that one of the Achaeans give him a prize to compensate him for his loss. Achilles is enraged by the request. Achilles is initially angry because the leader of the Greek forces, King Agamemnon, takes a captive woman named Briseis from him.

What caused the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles? Achilles called for the Greek army leaders to meet to convince Agamemnon to let Chryseis go. A conflict between Agamemnon and Achilles takes place over a woman named Briseis. Angry at the dishonour of having his plunder and glory taken away and, as he says later, because he loves Briseis , with the urging of his mother Thetis, Achilles refuses to fight or lead his troops alongside the other Greek forces.

When Achilles was fighting under Agamemnon, slaves were taken in the Trojan territory as the Greeks moved across the land, sacking and looting along the way. Why did Achilles refuse to fight? He was angry because Agamemnon took his war-prize from him, his slave-bride Briseis.

Roan Beauty replies that it was not he but a god who let Patroclus die and that the same is fated for Achilles. But Achilles needs no reminders of his fate; he knows his fate already, and knows that by entering battle for his friend he seals his destiny.

In the second half of the poem, his friend Patroclus convinces Achilles to let him wear his armor to battle, pretending to be him. While fighting Hector kills Patroclus and Achilles vows to get revenge. Near death, Hector pleads with Achilles to return his body to the Trojans for burial, but Achilles resolves to let the dogs and scavenger birds maul the Trojan hero.

Hector, on the other hand, fights wholeheartedly; he wants to defend his country and his family, so he gives the battle his all.