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    Huberus and the Illiud

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    theme for which it’s known by. In Homer’s epic‚ The Iliad‚ the theme is what is most important. The characters are made up of Greek gods‚ warriors‚ the warriors’ wives‚ and‚ many others‚ which Homer includes‚ and the events that follow amongst them are what make up the theme. As we learned in class‚ hubris is excessive pride or confidence in oneself. Hubris is what causes people to make decisions based off of their own ego. Homer’s The Iliad is a Greek war epic that wasn’t simply written to display

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    The Ancient Worldview

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    References: Johnson‚ W. J. (1994). The bhagavad gita. Oxford‚ NY: Oxford University Press. Manguel‚ A. (2007). Homer ’s the iliad and the odyssey: A biography. New York‚ NY: Grove/Atlantic Inc.

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    Achilles Changes

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    The Iliad‚ a book by Homer about the Trojan War‚ focuses a lot on Achilles and his internal struggle with his personal desires. In the time of the Trojan War‚ there was an unspoken code of morals and how warriors of honor should follow. If they did not fight or acted cowardly it not only brought them shame but their family name was looked down on. Warriors that were defeated weren’t always killed because they were sometimes taken prisoner to be used for ransom money or gifts. However‚ in the

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    What Is A Trojan Horse?

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    that was drawn on a storage jar‚ which was found in Chora‚ Mykonos in 650 BCE. It was one of the old portrayals of the Trojan horse (Sayre‚ 109). It was one of the clear evidence of the city being damaged made by the scholars. Based on the Homers Iliad poem the drawing represents how the troy’s were destroyed by the Greeks after fighting many years of war. The square boxes were windows representing the people were inside the wooden horse by the artist. There are also soldiers walking around the horse

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    Homer Vs Shlieman

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    the Iliad and the Odyssey‚ deeds so the war‚ and even the very existence of Troy was taken as an

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    is an issue both societies must contend with in order to survive . The Iliad‚ an epic by Homer that describes the war between the ancient cultures of Greece and the city of Troy‚ is one such document that helps to provide this insight. The most common and most debated issue of war is the morality of violence. Being an almost expected component of war‚ it is difficult to advocate war without advocating violence. In The Iliad‚ violence seems to be a necessary factor for the purpose of the tale:

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    What Is an Epic Simile?

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    What is an Epic Simile? An Epic simile‚ also referred to as Homeric simile‚ shows a similarity on an elaborate level between two subjects that is described in many lines of poetry. In Homer’s epic‚ The Iliad‚ he uses a number of similes to foreshadow what is to come‚ “to glorify them (characters) and sometimes merely to call attention to them” (Shipp)‚ or battle scenes. In the passage provided‚ Homer compares the battle between the Achaeans and Trojans with conflicts that occur in nature. These

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    Beowulf is the epic hero from the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf‚ written by an unknown poet. Achilles is the epic hero from the Greek poem The Iliad‚ written by Homer. Beowulf details a Geat warrior who travels overseas to rescue a tribe called the Danes from two ferocious and murderous monsters‚ and The Iliad details a warrior who battles an enemy during the time of the Trojan War. Beowulf and Achilles are both headstrong and resilient warriors who‚ in the stories in which they were created‚ perfectly

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    Erwin Cook asserts‚ “I suggest that the hymn offers a succinct description‚ not only of Herakles‚ but of Greek heroism. The traditional hero thus emerges as a Man of Pain… ” (Cook 149). Being “Men of Pain‚” heroes in ancient literature were known for the violent acts that they committed because it gave them kleos. Whether it be the stabbing of Polyphemus’s eye in the Odyssey‚ or the killing of the Bull of Heaven in The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ these violent actions proved the man is a hero by his ability

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    The Shield of Achilles Achilles’ shield wa like no other piece of armor. Eva Brann‚ in her article “Hephaestus’ World: The Shield”‚ described the shield as “the world of the god who makes it but just as much the world of the man who bears it”. Brann‚ in the same article‚ went on to describe such meanings of the shield. Brann explained that in both of Homer’s poems‚ he believed that artifacts‚ chariots‚ garments and shields were all “wonders to behold” but Achilles’ shield was far beyond that.

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