Chapter: ACT V. SCENE 8.
Another part of the plain

Enter HECTOR

  HECTOR. Most putrified core so fair without,
    Thy goodly armour thus hath cost thy life.
    Now is my day's work done; I'll take good breath:
    Rest, sword; thou hast thy fill of blood and death!
 [Disarms]

              Enter ACHILLES and his Myrmidons

  ACHILLES. Look, Hector, how the sun begins to set;
    How ugly night comes breathing at his heels;
    Even with the vail and dark'ning of the sun,
    To close the day up, Hector's life is done.
  HECTOR. I am unarm'd; forego this vantage, Greek.
  ACHILLES. Strike, fellows, strike; this is the man I seek.
                                        [HECTOR falls]
    So, Ilion, fall thou next! Come, Troy, sink down;
    Here lies thy heart, thy sinews, and thy bone.
    On, Myrmidons, and cry you an amain
    'Achilles hath the mighty Hector slain.'
                                 [A retreat sounded]
    Hark! a retire upon our Grecian part.
  MYRMIDON. The Troyan trumpets sound the like, my lord.
  ACHILLES. The dragon wing of night o'erspreads the earth
    And, stickler-like, the armies separates.
    My half-supp'd sword, that frankly would have fed,
    Pleas'd with this dainty bait, thus goes to bed.
                                    [Sheathes his sword]
    Come, tie his body to my horse's tail;
    Along the field I will the Troyan trail.
Exeunt

 Hector enters. He has just killed the finely armored warrior and has found a diseased body inside. Thy goodly armor thus hath cost thy life. he says. Then considering his days work done, Hector decides to relax and setting his sword which hast thy fill of blood and death aside, he disarms. Enter Achilles and the Myrmidons. Achilles tells Hector to look at how the sun was setting and how night comes breathing at his heels. He continues that as the sun sets at the close of day, Hectors life too is done. Hector tells Achilles that he is unarmed and that he should spare him, forego this vantage. But Achilles is not the gentleman that Hector is, and he commands his Myrmidons to Strike, fellows strike: this is the man I seek and Hector falls. Achilles knows that the death of Hector is synonymous with the destruction of Troy and says as much when he refers to Hector in Here lies thy heart, thy sinews, and thy bone. He then exhorts his Myrmidons to shout out: Achilles hath the mighty Hector slain. A retreat is sounded and Achilles notes that the Greeks are retiring from battle. The Myrmidons note that the Trojan trumpets too were sounding the end of the days battle. Sounding very lyrical for such a murderer. Achilles says that as night falls the armies separate as though they have been commanded to do so by a fair umpire, and his sword though it has not yet had its fill, he is content to be pleased with its light meal, and is now sheathed. He tells the Myrmidons to tie Hectors body to the tail of his horse so that he can trail him along the battlefield. They exit as another retreat is sounded.

