Correct Answer(s):B 8. He is the hero of the Odyssey‚ Homer’s epic account of the hero’s return home from the Trojan War. A) Hector B) Achilles C) Odysseus D) Pria Correct Answer(s):C 9. In the Greek’s war with Troy‚ he was the Greek’s greatest warrior whose argument with Agamemnon is the subject of Homer’s Iliad. A) Hector B) Achilles C) Odysseus D) Priam Points Earned: 4.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s): B 10. This term identifies the pair of spirals forming
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or she will lose the gifts Aphrodite gives her‚ which is all she is famous for. At last she has to obey Aphrodite’s order as well as the arrangements of men. Similarly‚ Achilles is the fastest runner in the world‚ where his superhuman greatness lies. When Agamemnon takes his prize away and Hector killed his closest friend‚ Achilles gets lost in great pain. Through his suffering‚ he makes it clear that the only thing he longs for is his honor. And when he fights for honor‚ his limit appears. He can
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Honor: Then and Now Homer’s Iliad begins during the final year of the Trojan War. One of the most significant themes promoted in the Iliad and the works of Homer has to do with the concept of honor. It has been observed over the years that during times of serious conflict in communities‚ certain goals and codes of behavior become unitarily desired and understood. Throughout time‚ the progression and development of mankind is evident in all areas including reactions to crises. Specifically in times of war
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Samantha Budd 01/30/2013 Honors World Literature Ms. Iverson The Heroic Code The life of a warrior is not always filled with glamour and glory. Warriors cannot simply waltz through a tough battle‚ shedding blood left and right and taking all the glory and credit for themselves. There are often tough decisions to be made. Warriors also cannot just think of themselves‚ for their decisions often affect the lives of others as well. They need the heroic code to guide them in their decision making
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the war may come to an end. In the end‚ Hector’s fate is seen as he falls to the man who is most unlike himself—Achilles. From the beginning‚ Achilles is a man of complete rage and anger‚ as seen in his refusal to battle the Achaeans due to a disagreement with Agamemnon. Although Hector is one whose native element is not found in war‚ but in peace and not his own personal glory‚ Achilles identity is essentially found in his victory in
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Kate Hatch Mr. Smith Ancient Literature 15 February 2013 Someone’s Glory is Another’s Failure “Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.” In The Iliad‚ the audience is told of the brutal Trojan War and how the Trojans were destroyed in the tenth year. Nonchalantly‚ the Greeks celebrated and won prizes‚ while Troy was burned to the ground‚ leaving the remaining stragglers to run away under the leadership of Aeneas. Focused on the Trojans’ journey to the founding
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corps of Troy‚ rather than the wooden hollow horse mentioned in legend. Hektor beats Achilles in a fistfight at his marriage celebrations. When he later kills his second in command‚ Patroklos‚ Achilles challenges Hektor to a duel. In the duel‚ Agamemnon makes sure that Hektor gets a poisoned blade. This mortally wounds Achilles‚ and Hektor is set upon for cheating. Enraged by the conspiracy‚ Hektor and Achilles die side by side‚ fighting off Agamemnon’s bodyguard. Were a Trojan prince and the greatest
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With Ulysses on the Greeks side they had amazing intelligence and bravery. Many great things happened because of Ulysses leadership. One example is when Ulysses dressed as a peddler‚ found where Achilles was hiding‚ and brought him back to fight in the war. Ulysses knew he had to find Achilles because the prophecies told the Greeks they couldn’t win the war without him. Secondly‚ Ulysses convinced the Greek forces to return and fight after Agamemnon almost lost them. He yelled to the troops
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but the war goes on for ten years‚ and then Agamemnon sees an concubine of Achilles and Achilles gets really angry and doesn’t want to fight anymore. Then things go bad for the Greeks until Patroclus Achilles best friend goes into battle for him‚ and then Hector slays and kills him. This forces Achilles to return to the war and which he kills many Trojan man and also slays Hector and drags his body behind his chariot. Achilles returns Hectors body over to Prime Hector’s father after he begged for his
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Homer: His Life and His Works Greeks had used writing since c. 1400 BC‚ but it was not until the late 8th century BC that their literature was first written down. Greek literature began in Ionia with the brilliant epics of Homer‚ the Iliad and the Odyssey. These mature products of a long tradition of oral poetry brought together a vast body of divine and heroic myths and sagas that served as a foundation for much subsequent Greek literature. The epic view of humankind had a lasting influence
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