Makeover... In epic proportions

There are at least two scenarios I would like to change and replace with my own story if ever I were given the chance.

Firstly:

Go home and live a life, change one’s destiny

“How Patroclos took the field in the armour of Achilles, his great feats of war, and his death”

The situation wherein Patroclos secretly used and donned Achilles’ armor and helmet, whereas he went  to the battle, killed many enemies and boosted the morale of Agamemnon’s battle-weary soldiers. But due to this he was later killed by Hector on the notion that he was really the real Achilles. On the night prior to this, Achilles planned to sail back and ordered his men to prepare the ship for a journey going back home. Nothing and no one can really change this. He was truly convinced that this Trojan campaign was not his but just Agamemnon’s greediness and lust for power. When Patroclos was killed, this suddenly changed Achilles’ mind and turned the tide against Agamemnon’s enemies because he became Hector and King Priam’s enemy. He killed and removed the big obstacle for Agamemnon’s sure victory, the heart and soul of Troy’s defense, who was Hector. A just and civilized nation fell to the hands of barbaric and evil king, Agamemnon.

If I would re-write the situation wherein Patroclos secretly entered Achilles’ tent to get the helmet, armor and weaponry, Achilles will discover this that his cousin and best friend Patroclos planned to disguise and conceal Achilles’ identity to his soldier.  This will prevent the death of Patroclos and subsequently, Achilles will not be involved in the war that was really just Agamemnon’s. They can sail back going home along with his love interest, Briseis.  Achilles ‘mother, Thetis, will be surely happy that her son will be spared from destiny, his death at the hand of Paris. Briseis will bear Achilles’ son and this will be make Achilles a changed person. By the way, when Achilles left the Troy campaign and went back home, Agamemnon’s soldiers were demoralized and defeated. Agamemnon was killed by Hector during a fierce battle. Troy was spared from destruction. His kingdom had been saved from Agamemnon. Helen and Paris live happily ever after. Hector became the new king of Troy after King Priam, who departed a very happy father. Later, a child, a beautiful daughter was born by Helen who later became Achilles and Briseis’ son love interest. This will unite the warring Spartans and Greeks because when Agamemnon died in the battle, Achilles became the successor and the true king of the united Greeks. Their offspring became the key to the true peace and harmony of a two different world. The gods and goddesses in Mt. Olympus were pacified especially Hera, and they let the mortals live their lives without their meddling. Peace lasted and ruled the lands.

Second:

Goddesses are unique and incomparable

Although this scenario is not really given utmost attention in the Iliad story but just merely mentioned. If ever I have the power or given the chance to change an event in any of the chapters in Iliad, or things that have been narrated in Iliad, for me, it should have been the moment when Paris was asked by the three goddesses, Hera, Athena and Aphrodite, of the question, “who among them is the most beautiful and fairest goddess”. Paris should have been fully aware of the possible consequences his judgment may bring to all the mortals like him. This event was the cause of the ten-year war, Trojan War. The fury and envy of Hera never ceased. There were so many collateral damages and destructions, a number of lives have been ruined. Greeks and Spartans became fierce enemy. A great and marvelous kingdom was devastated and fell to the ground. Simply one’s decision opened a Pandora’s Box of sufferings and difficulties for many people. Peace and prosperity for all must be advocated by all, not war. There is no happiness in any war.

                If I would re-write the situation wherein Paris was called and became the judge for these co-equally superb and beautiful goddesses, if I were Paris, I would just play “neutral” to them. I would not render judgment or take side because there was nothing to be judged in the first place. Besides, they were all beautiful in all sense and aspects. The golden apple must be equally divided among them, nothing less nothing more. The trigger that ignited the war would be written off, there would be no great devastation, and there is no war to fight among mortals. There is no more Trojan war to be told. The ending of Iliad is peace, every nation live in peace and harmony.