<P> The second book of the Iliad also lists the Trojan allies, consisting of the Trojans themselves, led by Hector, and various allies listed as Dardanians led by Aeneas, Zeleians, Adrasteians, Percotians, Pelasgians, Thracians, Ciconian spearmen, Paionian archers, Halizones, Mysians, Phrygians, Maeonians, Miletians, Lycians led by Sarpedon and Carians . Nothing is said of the Trojan language; the Carians are specifically said to be barbarian - speaking, and the allied contingents are said to have spoken multiple languages, requiring orders to be translated by their individual commanders . The Trojans and Achaeans in the Iliad share the same religion, same culture and the enemy heroes speak to each other in the same language, though this could be dramatic effect . </P> <P> Philoctetes was Heracles' friend, and because he lit Heracles's funeral pyre when no one else would, he received Heracles' bow and arrows . He sailed with seven ships full of men to the Trojan War, where he was planning on fighting for the Achaeans . They stopped either at Chryse Island for supplies, or in Tenedos, along with the rest of the fleet . Philoctetes was then bitten by a snake . The wound festered and had a foul smell; on Odysseus's advice, the Atreidae ordered Philoctetes to stay on Lemnos . Medon took control of Philoctetes's men . While landing on Tenedos, Achilles killed king Tenes, son of Apollo, despite a warning by his mother that if he did so he would be killed himself by Apollo . From Tenedos, Agamemnon sent an embassy to Priam, composed of Menelaus, Odysseus, and Palamedes, asking for Helen's return . The embassy was refused . </P> <P> Philoctetes stayed on Lemnos for ten years, which was a deserted island according to Sophocles' tragedy Philoctetes, but according to earlier tradition was populated by Minyans . </P> <P> Calchas had prophesied that the first Achaean to walk on land after stepping off a ship would be the first to die . Thus even the leading Greeks hesitated to land . Finally, Protesilaus, leader of the Phylaceans, landed first . Odysseus had tricked him, in throwing his own shield down to land on, so that while he was first to leap off his ship, he was not the first to land on Trojan soil . Hector killed Protesilaus in single combat, though the Trojans conceded the beach . In the second wave of attacks, Achilles killed Cycnus, son of Poseidon . The Trojans then fled to the safety of the walls of their city . The walls served as sturdy fortifications for defense against the Greeks; the build of the walls was so impressive that legend held that they had been built by Poseidon and Apollo during a year of forced service to Trojan King Laomedon . Protesilaus had killed many Trojans but was killed by Hector in most versions of the story, though others list Aeneas, Achates, or Ephorbus as his slayer . The Achaeans buried him as a god on the Thracian peninsula, across the Troad . After Protesilaus' death, his brother, Podarces, took command of his troops . </P>

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