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    Troy Movie Review

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    Troy directed by Wolfgang Petersen 2004 The movie Troy is about the conflict between the Greek city-states‚ led by Agamemnon‚ and Troy‚ ruled by Priam. These two have this conflict because Paris‚ Prince of Troy‚ fell in love with Helen‚ wife of Menelaus who is Agamemnon’s brother and king of Sparta‚ and took her back to Troy against the wishes of his brother‚ Hector‚ who‚ with his father‚ had been trying for years to make peace with Sparta and had finally gotten that peace. Agamemnon had recently

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    How Did The Trojan War Occur

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    Tew 0 4/24/2013 THE TROJAN WAR Did the Trojan War actually occur‚ or did it exist as a fictional event only in the myths of the Greeks? Dawid Tew HILTON COLLEGE Tew 1 Contents I. Abstract ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 4 III.

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    inscribed “for the fairest” and thrown by Eris‚ goddess of discord‚ among the heavenly guests at the wedding of Peleus‚ the ruler of Myrmidons‚ and Thetis‚ one of the Nereids. The award of the apple to Aphrodite‚ goddess of love‚ by Paris‚ son of King Priam of Troy‚ secured for Paris the favor of the goddess and the love of the beautiful Helen of Troy‚ wife of Menelaus‚ the king of Sparta. Helen went with Paris to Troy‚ and an expedition to avenge the injury to Menelaus was placed under the command of

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    dangerous situations and leads him to King Alcinous. The next step in Odysseus’s journey is crossing the threshold. After the war‚ the gods are angry at the Greeks because of their overly prideful ways and for violating Cassandra‚ the daughter of King Priam‚ in Athena’s Temple. This caused the gods to throw them off course and destroy many of their ships. This also happens when Odysseus’s men open the bag of winds blowing them back to Aeolian Island and when Odysseus and his men’s ship is destroyed and

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    and Achilles by his inflexibility. Achilles is eventually overcome by the pressure and kills the Trojan warrior Hector‚ but has another chance to demonstrate his areté by cleaning up‚ dressing‚ and turning over the dead warrior’s body to his father‚ Priam. Homer’s second epic‚ the Odyssey‚ is much different than that of his first. It follows another ten-year journey‚ but the similarities end there. The main character‚ Odysseus‚ is making his journey home from the Trojan War. While en route‚ Odysseus

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    presented‚ allows this story to be meaningful modern day. Although The Iliad is old and outdated‚ it is still relevant and useful today because of it’s portrayal of love‚ hate‚ and war. In The Iliad‚ love is the first cause of war. Paris‚ son of Priam and Prince of Troy‚ love for Helen sparks the war. Helen is with Menelaus; who is associated with a rival army. Paris’s infatuation is so strong that he takes Helen from Menelaus. Menelaus‚ seeking vengeance‚ proposes war on Troy. This is how the tale

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    Iliad American Hero

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    There is a considerable difference between the ideas of the ancient Greeks and Americans now. The author of The Iliad‚ Homer‚ tells the readers a great story about two very different‚ yet very alike‚ types of heroes. The type of Heroism that is portrayed in The Iliad is extremely different from what the general American public would consider heroic today. The modernized version of The Iliad is the movie Troy‚ which talks about the same two main characters as The Iliad and gives them many of the same

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    and games in his honor. However‚ when Achilles kills Hector‚ he refuses to give Hectors body back to his father for a proper burial and instead proceeded to drag his body across the battlefield back to the Greeks camp. It wasn’t until Hectors father Priam‚ came to beg Achilles before he allowed Hector to be taken back to Troy for a proper burial. The epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey both reflect the principles and practices the ancient Greek society

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    Achilles Character Essay

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    Homer’s The Iliad translated by Robert Fagles. The Iliad is the story of the battle of Troy‚ in which Greek heroes fight and die‚ with much interference from the various gods and goddesses. The story ends when Achilles gives Hector’s body back to King Priam and Hector is buried. Homer uses a number of different literary devices to illustrate Achilles’ character development‚ such as his actions‚ what other characters say about him‚ and his appearance. Throughout this epic poem‚ Achilles must deal with

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    chased hector back to troy and gathered the Trojans on the way. He is courageous because of many of the strategic decisions for the army that are made thought. He has helped the army in many ways and he has respect from a lot of people. Achilles killed Priams Jon and caused him pain but Achilles did not let anything get in his way of him doing his things. Achilles is the quintessentially heroic subject of Homer’s Iliad. He was the greatest and fastest hero on the Greek side during the Trojan War. Achilles

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