In Homer’s book The Iliad‚ Homer tells the story of the Trojan War with Achilles‚ the best Greek warrior. However‚ Achilles does not like Agamemnon‚ the king of Mycenae‚ because he took Briseis (Briseis was a woman that Achilles had received as a war prize). This is the reason why Achilles was raged at Agamemnon. In a rage‚ Achilles wants to kill all of the Trojans‚ especially Hector‚ the best Trojan warrior. Patroclus‚ Achilles’ best friend goes out to the battle field as Achilles (wearing his armor)
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In the text Mythology by Edith Hamilton‚ women are portrayed as being property and objects. During this time women were seen to be not as "good" as men. They saw perfection in relationships between men and young male adults as the best relationships to have. However‚ homosexuality was frowned upon. Men were considered knowledgeable and educated‚ but women were seen as a burden placed on man by the Gods. When it came to women nothing was valuable about them but their beauty. When a woman was beautiful
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The epic of the Trojan War have two names that stand out even more than of its protagonists: Homer and Heinrich Schliemann. Homer‚ the greatest poet of all time‚ compiled stories of an oral tradition that sang the heroic deeds of a war that pitted the city of Troy with a coalition of Greek States to the 8th century BC. A war that happened five centuries before and that was the last heroic deed of a powerful civilization whose track would disappear from history soon after until little more than one
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the Greeks and divine enemy of the Trojans. Athena’s function is to be a goddess of pro-Greek warfare. She came to the aid of the Greeks many times throughout the war. For instance‚ Athena came down from the sky to stop Achilleus from attacking Agamemnon (Willcock). Andre Michalopoulous confirms this action by quoting what Athena says to Achilles : I came from heaven to stay thine anger‚ if perchance though wilt hearken to me‚ being sent forth of the white-armed goddess Hera‚ that
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The Iliad of Homer‚ showed women as being items of exchange for the men who had possessed them. They are shown in their social roles as mothers and wives. He states stereotypical characterizations of them. The reader understands that women are being treated as prizes‚ and that the male hero has to win or he’d have to resist fulfilling his heroic destiny. The characters of Hera and Athena‚ who are among the immortals‚ they are certainly strong women. Hera is the wife of Zeus and queen of the Olympians
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his paramour‚ slew Agamemnon; slain by Orestes. Aegyptus: Brother of Danaus; his sons‚ except Lynceus‚ slain by Danaides. Aeneas: Trojan; son of Anchises and Aphrodite; after fall of Troy‚ led his followers eventually to Italy; loved and deserted Dido. Aeolus: One of several Winds. Aesculapius: See Asclepius. Aeson: King of Ioclus; father of Jason; overthrown by his brother Pelias; restored to youth by Medea. Aether: Personification of sky. Aethra: Mother of Theseus. Agamemnon: King of Mycenae; son
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Zeus like the Trojans best… “ (Hamilton 81) The gods went out of their way to fight for and support the mortals they favored. The first intervention of the gods comes in the subplot of Chryseis. Chryseis was the daughter of Apollo’s priest. Agamemnon had taken her as a prize of war.
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Katy Jaber Miss Knox English 10 29 March 2013 Epic Heroes in the Iliad: Achilles and Hektor The Iliad‚ an epic poem by Homer‚ takes place in the last month of the tenth year of the Trojan War. It is about two warriors‚ Hektor and Achilles‚ fighting in the war which was started by Paris‚ a Trojan prince who kidnapped a Greek princess named Helen. The protagonists of an epic are called epic heroes‚ and all epic heroes share four traits. First‚ as World Masterpieces explains‚ an epic hero
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Reaction Paper for Helen of Troy Helen Paris Priam Achilles Menelaus Hecuba Agamemnon Ulysses Hector Cassandra Aeneas Andraste Andros Diomedes Ajax Polydorus Cora Patroclu sAndromache Nestor Alpheus The movie Helen of Troy shows the important details before and inside the book Iliad. This movie helps the readers to understand this book. Also‚ it shows how the Trojan war started and how Troy has fallen. Like in the book‚ because Helen was taken by Paris‚ the
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of Chryses who is a priest of Apollo in a Trojan- allied town and Briseis is a war prize of Achilles‚ The most powerful warrior in the Achaean army. When Agamemnon‚ leader of the Achaean army is forced to return Chryseis to her father‚ he appropriates Briseis as compensation‚ sparking Achilles¡¯ great rage. Therefore‚ Achilles is angry at Agamemnon because he insulted his personal honor by taking away his war prize. In response‚ Achilles withdraws from the war‚ which produces greater anger both personally
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