during the duration of the epic. Which is why Peterson giving Pitt an additional scene in the movie where it seems as if Achilles has emotions. In the film‚ Achilles is seen to be grieving the death of a valiant warrior‚ Hector. Despite that‚ in The Iliad‚ Achilles who slaughters Hector‚ is not seen demonstrating any kind of sensitivity towards the Trojan warrior’s demise. The expansion of emotions to Achilles’ character again gives the entire drama aspect to the theme of the film. It makes Achilles
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Chapter 10: Mediterranean Society: The Greek Phase * Homer a man who never existed: composed 2 great epics: Iliad and the Odyssey. Bards recited it. Believe scribes committed them to writing. Others believe that a man named Homer helped to write it with other people. Iliad offered Greek perspective on campaign waged by Greek Warriors against city of Troy in Anatolia. Odyssey: Experience of Greek Hero Odysseus as he sailed home after the Trojan War. Works described difficulties faced by Greek
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Although Paris’ foolish actions instigated the Trojan War‚ Homer highlighted how divine forces and problematic characters were also responsible for the war in the Iliad. The Greek Gods play a major role in the Trojan War. The Greek Gods viewed the Trojan War as a source of entertainment. They acted as if they were a family‚ tuning into the local sports team. There were arguments within the family about which sports team to support and each family member sided with a different team. The Gods’ competitive
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art‚ and cinema of a certain era. The epic poems‚ The Iliad and Odyssey‚ give scholars and historians an idea how the Ancient Greek lived their everyday lives. By reading the two "novels‚" the reader is able to experience the three thousand years old society of Homer. The various similarities between our society and the societies depicted in the Iliad and the Odyssey are surprising profuse. To name a few: the superfluous violence in Iliad and Odyssey‚ the characterization of Odysseus‚ the obscure
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and slight comfort for one’s own self‚ and as a result it is placed the highest in the hierarchy. Exampled in The Iliad‚ the character of Achilles refuses to go into battle as a result of being wronged by Odysseus. Achilles refrains from conflict to preserve self (as fate has it he would die in battle) and affirms his loyalty to self after mistreatment from group. Not only does The Iliad provides interpretive examples of loyalty to self‚ but additionally identifies conflict between self and group where
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Hector when Menelaus is about to kill his brother‚ Paris. Therefore Helen is free to be with Paris. Iliad: In the Iliad‚ Menelaus doesn’t die. In the end Menelaus ends up taking Helen back as his wife. Achilles Troy: In the movie Achilles was killed in the battle at troy. This totally changes the ending and makes the Greeks seem that much more reliant on Achilles. Iliad: In the Iliad‚ Achilles dies before the Trojan horse ever enters the city. This proves that Greece can still hold
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Is Virgil merely copying Homer? Discuss Homer and Virgil are both astounding writers of epic poetry. Homer with his Iliad and Virgil with his Aeneid. However when you look below the surface the Aeneid and the Iliad are startlingly similar‚ in particular that of Aeneid Book 5 and Iliad book 23 which both focus on the funeral games. However though there are structurally similar‚ ultimately the narratives of both books are very different‚ so in effect Virgil is not simply copying Homer. This is evident
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Commodificationin the Iliad The Theme of commodification in the Iliad is highly important in the Iliad. Homer was against the idea of making the as a commodity. Homer’s Iliad is an excellent example of the suppressive role of women at this time. Women were treated merely as property and were used for producing material within the household. They are depicted as being inferior to men both physically and intellectually. The Iliad began with an argument between Achilles and Agamemnon over Briseis
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The Trojan War‚ the event depicted in Homer’s Iliad‚ was the most popular subject in Greek drama and told its story elaborately to next generations. According to Homer‚ the war started because Helen‚ the most beautiful Greek woman and wife of a Greek king‚ Menelaus‚ decided to leave her husband and ran away with a Trojan Prince‚ Paris. This angered the Greeks so they sailed to Troy and fought for Helen’s return. As the war continued on‚ the Greeks were forced to plan a new strategy to attack Troy
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TROY VS HOMERS ILIAD (A comparison between the two with a mix of movie reviewing) by Amber Shepherd When comparing the movie Troy‚ directed by Wolfgang Petterson‚ and The Iliad‚ written by Greek poet Homer we can clearly see that although Petterson has made an excellent film he has clearly left out certain aspects of the Iliad which really define the story. Both versions portray the Trojan War between Greece and Troy‚ Achilles killing Hector and King Priam visiting Achilles to ask for the body
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