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    why the Trojan-Greeks conflict started up to the death of Achilles and the fall of Troy. While on the other hand‚ the book’ onset is narrowed down to the ninth year of the Trojan war wherein the conflict between Achilles and Agamemnon is intensified. Aside from this the book ends the epic in the change of Achilles character. From the difference of the said coverage‚ it can be derived that the focus of the book is on the wrath of Achilles being resolved‚ while the film is the settlement of the conflict

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    depiction) * Troy is the most powerful alliance against the Greeks * Agamemnon wants ‘the world’ all the land * Achilles has disappeared from the army. A boy goes to find him‚ * Achilles mother is goddess as can’t be killed (Contemp) * Nester persueds Achilles to fight the big guy because of Time. He can’t stand to lose his pride * Achilles‚ son of Paris * Achilles kills the big guy with one stab * There is a huge feast ‚ thrown by Agamemnon and Helen‚ to drink to peace‚ between

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    quarrels between Agamemnon and Achilles is ignited by Briseis and Chryseis. Because Agamemnon is forced to relinquish his prize‚ Chryseis‚ he demands Achilles to give up his own war prize‚ Briseis‚ as shown in the following quote: But let this be my warning on your way: Since Apollo insists on taking my Chryseis‚ I’ll send her back in my own ships with my crew. But I‚ I will be there in person at your tents To take Briseis in all her beauty‚ your

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    the affairs that take place. The Iliad began with a argument between Achilles and Agamemnon over Briseis‚ who was considered a war prize. One of the many advances of the Greek army was the raiding of a Trojan allied town. They brought back the spoils and divided them equally among the warriors. Agamemnon’s prize was Chryseis‚ the daughter of a priest of the god Apollo. Achilles’ reward was a maiden named Briseis. Both women were taken against their will. Unfortunately for Agamemnon‚ Chryseis’

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    talons. The examples that will be used are the relationships between Agamemnon and Achilles; Hector and Achilles; and Achilles and Prium. The information shown will show not only the differences in the interactions of the gods‚ specifically Zeus‚ Hera‚ Athena‚ Apollo‚ and Thetis‚ but how the lack of interaction changed the story slightly. The scene in both versions of the argument between Agamemnon and Achilles is very different from the written hero epic of the Iliad to the modern day Hollywood

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    quarrels between Agamemnon and Achilles is ignited by Briseis and Chryseis. Because Agamemnon is forced to relinquish his prize‚ Chryseis‚ he demands Achilles to give up his own war prize‚ Briseis. This angers Achilles so greatly that he nearly kills Agamemnon‚ but is narrowly stopped in time by Athena. While Troy portrays the tension between Achilles and Agamemnon‚ it does not provide the same explanations for the animosity as the book does. Rather‚ the character of Briseis is given most of the credit

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    214-219). Briseis is the one thing Agamemnon can take away from Achilles. Agamemnon has plenty of other slave girls for his pleasure and he can’t give up just one of them. His hubris blinds him of the harm he will cause to his people by sending Achilles into his temper tantrum. Unlike Paris‚ there is a small chance Agamemnon can rid himself of hubris‚ but it can only come through the loss of his brother‚ Menelaus. The immaturity of Achilles is the reason for his pride. He

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    Thesis Statement: Women play a major role in the Iliad. Examining the impact of female characters in an epic dominated by war and the men who fought it. Major female characters include Helen‚ Briseis‚ Athena‚ Aphrodite‚ Hera ‚ Thetis and Chrysies. The Iliad is first and foremost an epic poem about a war waged by men. Even though there are no female warriors ‚ apart from the goddesses‚ women play a major role in defining the course of it. The roots of the war can be traced back to the beauty

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    Book 1: The Anger of Achilles Main Characters: Achilles‚ Agamemnon‚ Briseis‚ Chryseis‚ Apollo‚ Thetis‚ Zeus‚ Hera‚ Hephaestus Themes: Gods intervention/free will Importance of mortal women Goddesses as wives/mothers Plot: Chryseis and Briseis were slaves of the Trojans which the Greeks won in battle. They were given to Agamemnon and Achilles. Chryseis’ father‚ Chryses goes to the Achaean camp to beg for his daughter back. When Agamemnon refuses‚ Chryses prays to Apollo brings a plague

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    argument between Achilles and Agamemnon over Briseis‚ who was considered a war prizeThey brought back the spoils and divided them equally among the warriors. Agamemnon’s prize was Chryseis‚ the daughter of a priest of the god Apollo. Achilles’ reward was a maiden named Briseis. Both women were taken against their will. Unfortunately for Agamemnon‚ Chryseis’ father begged for his daughter to be released and offered huge amounts of treasures as ransom. In return‚ Agamemnon took BriseisAchilles prize‚ and

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