Xanthus is Achilles horse. Hera gives the horse the ability to speak to Achilles. He tells Achilles that he will die. Achilles then says that he knows already because he can feel as if death is around him. After this, Achilles mentor and friend Patroclus appears to Achilles to tell him he needs to bury, or burn, him quickly otherwise he cannot enter Hades. In this culture, a person cannot pass into the underworld unless they are buried or burned otherwise they stay in a state of limbo.
The golden scales represents the lives of men. Fate then decides who lives and dies. In this case the scales show that Hector is going to die by the hand of Achilles. Even the gods have no control when it comes to fate. Fate is more powerful tan the gods because Zeus wants to interfere, but fate has already claimed the life of Hector. Athena reminds Zeus of Hector's fate which makes him not interfere.
Nice. 15 points
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