uneducated‚ and motherless boy rose through his hard work lifestyle to the highest heights of wealth. Schliemann travelled the world and learned its languages‚ married a Greek bride‚ and together they discovered the treasures of Troy and the citadel of Agamemnon‚ thereby fulfilling the dream he had chased since childhood. The reality was that Heinrich Schliemann had an ugly conscience when it came to business dealings‚ and his shady methods spread through both his life and his archaeology. Among the events
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Odysseus’ has been missing for ten years in the beginning of Book 1. It has been ten years since the Trojan War‚ which is where we left off in the Illiad. We find out that he has been with the goddess Calypso on the island of Ogygia. She has fallen in love with him and he is not aloud to leave. Odysseus’ goal is to return home to his wife and son. All he wants is to get back to them because he has left his son who was young when he left. One of his ideals is to be there for his family because he
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1 English November 23December 10th‚ 2012 Women In the epic poem‚ The Iliad‚ by Homer‚ women play an important but subservient role to men. With very few exceptions‚ the acts and deeds of men are dominant. Some goddesses such as Hera enjoy parity with men‚ and some mortal females show exceptional strength such as Andromache‚ but the primary role of women is to create a sanctuary at home or perform handiwork for their husbands. Women also serve to symbolize a man’s military rank as well
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The Iliad‚ Its Characters and the Code of Honor Within the ancient text of The Iliad‚ heroes define and mold their character through decisions based on a set of principles‚ which are referred to as the “Code of Honor.” The heroic code which Homer presents to the reader is an underlying cause for many of the events which occur‚ but many of the characters differ on their perceptions and the gravity of the code. Achilles actions often find him going “against the grain” of the code of honor. His actions
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Agamemnon had previously insulted Achilles in front of the entire army and dishonored him by confiscating his prize‚ Briseis‚ the girl Achilles loved. Achilles could have flat out denied the heralds entry and not listened to what Agamemnon had to say‚ but instead‚ he allowed them into his hut. However‚ not only did he welcome them‚ he supplied a feast of goat‚ sheep‚ and
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Chryseis and Briseis were two such ‘prizes’ who were given to Agamemnon and Achilles respectively‚ but they too were the cause of heavy casualties suffered by the Greek army. Agamemnon’s failure to return Chryseis to her father caused them to incur the wrath of Apollo who reigned down his arrows from Mount Olympus and: “he cut them down in droves- / and the copse-fires burned on‚ night and day‚ no end in sight” (I:59-60). Eventually Agamemnon
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Humanities 101 Midterm Review Weeks 1 and 2 Mesopotamia: Sumerians‚ Akkadian‚ Babylonian‚ Assyrian Euphrates River Tigris River Fertile Crescent Uruk Cuneiform: wedge or nail shape marks pressed into wet clay –used for over 3000 years Sumerians 3500-2350 Located in lower Mesopotamia Between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers Part of the Fertile Crescent Invented writing and beer (Kassi) Purpose? Records of goods and services 2700 BCE: rough date assigned the historical Gilgsmesh‚ King
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she returns. Thinas actions sugges that she favors Achilles where as hero who is worshipped by both men cares for them equally. 4. Achilles is foreshadowing the time where there will be a major battle and agamlmnons warriors will be defeated and Agamemnon and the rest of the acheans will morn the loss of Achilles because they realize that they cant win without him. Heroic qualities: Legendary figure because of heritage and strengnth‚ reconisesthe disorder that the plaque has brought‚ obeys orders
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good citizenship. In my opinion‚ Achilles’ actions have been petty and immature. This all starts with Agamemnon taking Briseis and Achilles being mad and removing himself from war until further notice. I think that a good citizen should be one that is selfless and willing to do things for the greater good‚ even if it means sacrificing a little bit of themselves. Even after the pleas of Agamemnon through Odysseus‚ Ajax‚ and Phoenix Achilles still refuses to go and continues to watch the battle from
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that Menelaus was oppressive and Paris was a good looking prince‚ while the other idea that Strauss explores is that Anatolian women had more power than Greek women. Paris probably thought that the Greeks would not attempt to bring Helen back‚ but agamemnon was able to convince them of this risky war in order to profit from the wealth that Troy contained‚ “Helen was not the cause of the war but merely the occasion of the war. By seducing a Greek princess‚ Troy had interfered in the politics of the Greek
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