Agamemnon And Achilles In Homer's The Iliad

There are numerous instances in which Homer’s The Iliad is able to illustrate the lives of normal people although the epic was generally based around war heroes. In it, Homer expresses to us that these war heroes are no different than us, as they also make mistakes, are stubborn and often need to apologize as shown by the example of Agamemnon and Achilles. During the progression of the plot of this well-known epic, Agamemnon attempts to apologize to Achilles by a rather “low” method. He hopes to guilt trip Achilles by sending three of his closest friends and most well respected comrades to convince him to return to the battlefield. This happens to work out, although not completely, to Agamemnon’s favor. Similarly, when it comes to us and apologies, we tend to do similar things. We tend not to
This was, in a sense, not an apology as we know it, but a way to try and fix relations. The personal invitation of Chavez by the king to a summit in Peru allowed for them, as Chavez reports, to “let bygones be bygones”. The apology was not taken with a grain of salt as Chavez happily accepted the apology. This proves that the apology was in no way, a form retribution for the King Juan Carlos. This situation was blown out of proportion as is with many events in which the “victims” demand an apology. Some supporters of Chavez even went to say that Spain did not formally apologize due to their “colonial superpower” mindset, as stated by the article in Reuters.com. Political apologies, especially for events such as this one, are not necessarily as direct as the ones on lower levels, such as personal apologies. Even with the situation being rectified to both parties’ likings, there was still debate on a local level on the absence of an actual apology, proving that apologies do become moot as they move from a private to a political