An account of books 16 to 19 of Homer's Iliad by CHRISTOPHER LOGUE Performed by Alan Howard
In the ninth summer of the Trojan war Achilles withdrew his forces from the Greek Confederacy because Agamemnon appropriated one of his female slaves.
Thereafter the Trojans gained the upper hand. Hector raided the Greek beach-head and burned one of their ships. It looked as if the Greeks would be destroyed. At this moment Patroclus came to Achilles and begged for his help.
Music by RONALD FRASER Played by GARY KETTEL , ANTHONY LEWIS , BARRY GUY. JUDITH PEARCE and DONALD FRASER. Technical supervision: ADRIAN REVILL Directed by LIANE AUKIN (A tan Howard is an associate artist of the RSC) War Music will be published on 7 May by Jonathan Cape.