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    The Iliad

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    supposed to go to the fairest of them all: Hera‚ Athena‚ or Aphrodite Paris is the judge Aphrodite offers him the love of the most beautiful women alive: Helen Helen is already married to Menelaus (King of Sparta) Paris seduces Helen and takes her with him. Prium (Paris’ father) takes Paris in to protect him All of the suitors swore to protect Helen and Menelaus so they go to war Agamemnon is married to Helen’s half-sister The Iliad asks: what is civilization? For 9 years‚ the Greeks had been

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    How does War Tactics from Homer’s the Iliad differ from War Tactics Today The enduring and growing popularity of Homer’s Iliad offers the most persuasive testimony of all that the vision of life celebrated in the poem still reaches deeply into the human imagination‚ spanning more than two thousand five hundred years. Cultures since Homer’s time have constructed social and personal lives on systems of meaning very different from the harsh demands of the warrior code‚ but the continuing power of

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    stated that Agamemnon brought the kings together for this war‚ which really isn’t true. Helen had many powerful suitors and her father was too afraid to pick one of them for her husband in fear of offending the others. Odysseus convinced him to make a contract with the other suitors that made them promise that should anything happen to Helen‚ the other kings would assist in getting her back. When Paris kidnapped Helen from Menelaus‚ they were bound to honor their promise and help to return her. When Paris

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    "The Bystander" - Rosemary Dobson "The Bystander" describes the significance of the insignificant characters in paintings. The speaker in the poem is that figure painted behind/beside the subjects of artworks‚ where he/it speaks out of its existence to us: in the form of a wing‚ a squire‚ a distant figure or part of a crowd. This insignificant character reflects upon several scenes he/it has stood in‚ such as the two slaughter of Innocents (i.e. the murder of infants from both Old and New Testament

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    swan away. Than the white rush referring to the swan leaving the scene as fast as possible and only leaving some feathers behind. than the next paragraph‚ in this it says engender‚ this means that leda gets pregnant‚ and as bas told you this is how helen is ‘created’. Here burning roof and broken wall also refers to the fall of troy. Dead creates the dramatic mood for the last piece of the poem. Than the last sentence: indifferent beak let her drop‚ once again pointing out that zeus is not caring

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    Troy vs. the Iliad

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    Over the thousands of years that the epic story the Iliad has survived‚ there has no doubt been some form of alteration to Homer’s original. Last May‚ Wolfgang Petersen directed a movie based on the Iliad. This movie‚ Troy‚ has proven to be a very loose adaptation of Homer’s original‚ as are almost all stories that are made into movies‚ unfortunately. With its timeless storyline‚ amazing scenery‚ gorgeous actors/actresses and most of all‚ its reported two hundred million dollar budget‚ it is easy

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    Euripides IV - Iphigenia in Aulis p. 217 - 300 (83 pages) ---------------------------------------- All info up to 230 was lost. Just follow highlighted areas. ---- May fill in these blanks later--- RECALL THE INTRODUCTION -------------------------------------------- p 231 A lot more politically themed. Menelaus is accusing Agamemnon of feigning humility in order to gain political power and “market advancement.”He says he’s abandoned his old friends. ;/He is also saying that Agamemnon

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    Paris in Not a Hero

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    he shows much greed when arriving in Sparta. while in Sparta‚ Paris tries to take Helen away from Menelaus . This makes Paris a non hero because a hero would be someone who would stay true to himself and not try to hurt other people for no reason at all. "Leave Menelaus and come with me"(213) Paris says. In this quote Paris is trying to get Helen to leave Menelaus and to go away with him. He shows no regard for Helen and Menelaus knowing that they are truly in love with each other. This is showing

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    Gods In The Odyssey

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    where they actually took human form so they could go out onto the battlefield to support the humans. For example: in the third book of the novel “Iliad”‚ a truce is made so that Menelaus and Paris can meet in single combat‚ and the winner will take Helen and all her treasures home with him. Solemn oaths are sworn by both sides to abide by the outcome of the duel. However‚ Paris suddenly loses his nerve and turns back to the troops. His brother Hector who is the leader of the Trojan army is mortified

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    Kleos in the Iliad

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    Trojan princes‚ Hector and Paris. Paris‚ who is essentially blamed for the instigation of the Trojan-Greek war‚ fails to appear on the battlefield to defend his home. Paris has chosen instead to stay at home with his bride Helen‚ for whom the Trojan armies fight.  However‚ as Helen describes to Paris’ brother‚ Hector‚ “I wish I had been the wife of a better man‚ someone alive to outrage‚ with withering scorn of men” (Iliad VI. 415-417) that even she

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