And since rulers dislike to be told what to do, Priam 1 tore his hair and wept, declaring that not only the gods hated him but also his own people. For that reason, he said, he would leave their presence, being in any case prepared to accept whatever they decided to do. And when the king had left, the council decided to send both Antenor 1 and Aeneas to the Achaean camp in order to negotiate the exact terms of the peace treaty, and then broke up. Helen makes her move. So when the next day the two Trojans conferred with the Achaeans, not about how to make peace, but about the best way to betray the city, they also asked forgiveness for Helen .
Hopes raise and other events.
As the desire for peace spread, bad times came upon those who had previously been too eager against the invaders. It was also at this time that a curious and deadly accident took place, in which the children of Paris and Helen were conveniently crushed by the collapsing roof of their home. And having returned for negotiations some days later they obtained it from Antenor 1 . Gold consumes time and other things. In the meantime negotiations were, as usual, concentrated upon the matter of gold, which, believed to be the measure of all things, is employed to inflame as well as to appease.