Achilles directly causes the death of his friend by first refusing to fight‚ leaving the Greeks at a disadvantage‚ and then poorly advising his friend Patroclus to join the other fighters. Even the initial cause of the war‚ Paris’ kidnapping of Helen‚ a Greek woman‚ is a rash and selfish act. The will of Zeus plays an important part in the events of The Iliad. Zeus’ will is infallible‚ and so‚ in a way‚ the events that occur are all destined to happen. However‚ there is a small amount of
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to get into full motion that is why the Trojan War is so different from all the other wars. On January 1st is when the wedding took place‚ the 2nd Paris place judgement‚ the 3rd Paris went to visit the king of Sparta and while he is there he steal Helen and by the 5th of January the king of Sparta realizes that his wife is missing so he starts to search for her. When he found out on the 6th he had a army put together the next day. On January 7th Greeks declared war on the Trojans. Ships set sail and
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History of the Trojan War Questions arise when you are thinking of the Trojan War and its history. How did the war start? ‚ What battle techniques did the Trojan use? Greeks? What mythical creatures and beings were involved in the war and how they changed the course of the battle? What type of battle gear did the Trojans use versus the Greeks? The Trojan war is depicted in the novel of the Iliad and described by Homer‚ the author of the Iliad. The Iliad shows the history and brutality of the warfare
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Menelaus was the king of Sparta and the husband of Helen‚ the queen of Sparta. Menelaus helped lead the Greeks in the Trojan war. During the war‚ Menelaus helped his brother Agamemnon lead an expedition against Troy. The leader of Troy was named Paris. After the war‚ Paris kidnapped Helen and brought her back to Troy. This kidnapping led to the Greeks creating the plan for the Trojan Horse. The Trojan horse was built by Epeius‚ a master carpenter‚ in 1250 B.C.E.. The Greeks were frustrated because
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In English class we read Edith Hamilton’s synopsis of the Trojan War‚ and after reading‚ we watched the Warner Brothers 2004 Production of Troy. The movie and the myth were both based on the Trojan War. They were both very interesting‚ and captivating. It was stimulating to see it in 2 different points of views. Both the movie and the myth of Troy were great. They had similarities‚ but there were also some very strong differences. In Edith Hamilton’s Synopsis of the Trojan War‚ it focused on many
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never once faltered from duty To play on the "up and up." "Sal" told me this tale on the evening Before she was turned out "free‚" And I’ll do my best to relate it Just as she told it to me: I was born on a ranch in Wyoming; Not treated like Helen of Troy; I was taught that "rods were rulers" And "ranked" as a greasy cowboy." Then I left my old home for the city To play in its mad dizzy whirl‚ Not knowing how little of pity It holds for a country girl. There I fell for "the line" of a
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A characteristics of an epic hero demonstrated in Homer epic poems was the interference of supernatural beings either as allies or enemies. Ancient Greeks society believed in gods and goddesses who live above Mount Olympus and watch over mortals below. The Greeks believed that these gods and goddesses interfered with life below Olympus. This is seen in both Homers poems the Iliad and the Odyssey‚ where the gods interfered throughout the stories. In the Iliad‚ the gods interfered in both side of the
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watchman discovers the beacon and tells Agamemnon’s wife‚ Clytemnestra‚ the good news. The chorus enters relating the story of Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus. When Menelaus’ wife‚ Helen‚ ran away to Troy with Paris‚ the prince of Troy‚ Menelaus gathered an army‚ led by Agamemnon‚ to attack Troy and retrieve Helen. Most important about the chorus’s speech is their mention of Agamemnon sacrificing his daughter‚ Iphigenia‚ in order to be able to wage war on Troy. They tell how she was sacrificed
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of the drive behind male heroism. In Book three of the Iliad Paris stepped out of the Trojan ranks‚ an obvious ‘pretty-boy’ challenging any Greek to fight against him. It was not until he saw Menelaus‚ the legendary king of Sparta‚ the husband of Helen who Paris abducted which started the Trojan War‚ did “Paris’ blood / Turn milky when he saw him coming on‚ / And he faded back into the Trojan troops” (Book 3 lines 36-37). Hector‚ contrary to his ‘pretty-boy’ brother did not believe in shame and dishonor
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something that many get distracted by. In the poem “To Helen” by Edgar Allen Poe‚ he emphasizes the value of Helen’s beauty. However in Hilda Doolittle poem “Helen” she emphasizes the destruction caused by Helen’s beauty. Together these two poems show two sides of beauty and how it affects those surrounded by it. With beauty being such an attraction for men‚ Poe writing an entire poem on beauty is no surprise. Compared to the meaning of Doolittle’s poem‚ poe’s is about Helen’s head to toe beauty. Poe
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