The summary is still very good though, so I guess I will go ahead and give that again, the full version this time!
Okay, so Octavius and Maximus are two Greek men who grew up best friends on the island of Ithaca. Odysseus is protected by the goddess Athena, and he is also the king of that island! The same concept applies here, so Octavius's sponsoring god is Poseidon. Maximus's is Zeus. The only traits they inherit so far from these gods are the ability to flow sword strikes like the waves, and to strike deadly fast.
One day, a messenger comes and brings news that the two men have to leave for the Trojan War. They hear of how the smartest man around: Odysseus, trys to get out of going into war, and fails. So does Achilles. They get to the beach, and they are all ready to sail, but no wind. Agamemnon, the Greek king leading the invasion has offended the Greek god Artemis, by killing her white stag, (or something like that), and has to sacrifice his daughter on the altar of the gods to get the wind. He does so.
When the ships are nearing the beach, Achilles has already taken it all. They get off their ship, and their sponsor gods appear in front of them and give them extra powers. Octavius can now suck the water out of the enemIES, and now Maximus can now bring lightning down upon ten enemies at a time! (MAXIMUS IS INTENDED TO BE THE STRONGER CHARACTER, BUT NOT THE MAIN ONE THOUGH)
During the period of several battles over ten years, sometime in the middle, prince Hector, one of the sons of the Trojan king, kills Maximus! Octavius is sitting there next to Maximus as he dies, with Zeus protecting the two of them in the period. Zeus gives Octavius the powers that Maximus had...