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    now call Greece were telling stories about a great war. 2. What are Homer’s great war stories?Iliad and the Odyssey 3. Homer’s stories can probably be traced to what and where? Historical struggles; Aegean sea to the sea of Marmara and Black sea. 4. Homer’s first epic poem and Iliad tells to story of ?Be Specific 10 year war fought outside troy. 5. Who was the Trojan War fought between? People of Troy and Allie’s of Greek Kings. Epic and Values 1. What are epics? Long narrative poems that tell

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    Differences - In the movie Hector kills Menelaus to save Paris. In the Iliad Hector does not kill Menelaus‚ Menelaus survives the Trojan War and returns to his homeland with Helen. - In the movie Achilles is among one of many Greeks that are inside the Trojan Horse. In the Iliad Achilles died before the Trojan Horse ruse was ever exploited. - In the Iliad Paris is mortally wounded by Philoctetes. In Troy Paris lives. - Ajax and Agamemnon were also men that survived the Trojan War according

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    young brother Paris negotiate peace between Troy and Sparta. Paris has fallen in love with Helen‚ the wife of king Menelaus‚ and smuggles her to Troy with him. Infuriated‚ Menelaus vows revenge. Menelaus approaches his brother Agamemnon‚ a king of Mycenae who has conquered every army of Greece‚ and now commands them. Agamemnon‚ who has wanted to conquer Troy for years (which would give him control of the Aegean Sea)‚ uses this as a justification to invade Troy. General Nestor asks him to take the legendary

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    of war are depicted in "The Iliad" by Homer and "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes. "The Iliad" is a poem which is believed to be a collection of stories handed down through many generations but not of just one man. It is a story of the Trojan War and the leaders of the two city-states. When "The Iliad" was finally written‚ around 750 B.C.E.‚ the Trojan War had already been over for more hundreds of years. Because of this‚ many of the ideas and characteristics of "The Iliad" may have been changed from

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    new beginning. Also after Aslan revived‚ he got a new power‚ he could use his breath to lift those who were cursed by the white witch and become stone statues. It is a symbol of God’s ability to give life and create everything in the same way that god does in Genesis. So‚ Aslan’s spirit means the holy spirit in

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    The Iliad and Today

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    The characters portrayed in the Iliad are culturally similar to the people living in the United States today‚ but they are also different from us in several ways. The people that lived during the time of Homer had different ideas on many issues. The way they viewed things were somewhat different to how we view things today. This is to be expected because throughout history many events reshaped their views and beliefs. Events such as disasters‚ plagues‚ and wars occurred which brought about change

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    Fall of Troy

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    THE FALL OF TROY | | THE STORY of the Iliad ends with the death of Hector‚ and it is from the Odyssey and later poems that we learn the fate of the other heroes. After the death of Hector‚ Troy did not immediately fall‚ but receiving aid from new allies still continued its resistance. One of these allies was Memnon‚ the Æthiopian prince‚ whose story we have already told. Another was Penthesilea‚ queen of the Amazons‚ who came with a band of female warriors. All the authorities attest their

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    To kill a mocking bird is a novel written by Harper lee set in the southern part of America just after the civil war had ended . This means that though slavery had been abolished ‚ black people were still held to a lower standard than white people . It is not only black people who are subjected to racial prejudice but also anyone who fails to conform to the social norms of the ‘tired old town’ of Maycomb. Atticus Finch is one of the main characters in To Kill a Mocking Bird.He is the father

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    the Iliad‚ with a different audience in each. As the encounters progress‚ she reveals more and more aspects of her personality and becomes increasingly assertive‚ increasingly her own person‚ and increasingly a part of the society in which she is an outcast. In the Iliad‚ as in the Odyssey‚ Helen is repeatedly referred to as the woman for whose sake the Trojan War was fought.But Helen is something more than that.She is depicted within a framework of multiple constraints in the Iliad. She

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    CHARACTER IN THE FILM “TROY” (A FILM BY WOLFGANG PETERSEN) A Final Assignment submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Bahasa Indonesia by Durratus Sadiyah 2201409087 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS SEMARANG STATE UNIVERSITY 2010 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Leadership is a human subject and as such is a complex matter. Leading others is not simply a matter of style‚ or following some how-to guides or recipes.

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