certainly a box office hit. I am not sure if you know this but Troy was based on the Iliad an epic by Homer. Aside from the excitement during the movie‚ unfortunately it proved to be a loose adaptation of Homer’s classic and I could not help but notice the major differences between the book and the movie. One of the most major differences between the book and the movie was the absence of the Gods in the movie. In Homer’s Iliad‚ the Gods played a very major part in the Trojan War. Although we‚ as viewers
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Literary Device Notes Alliteration Repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Allusion A figure of speech that makes a reference to‚ or representation of‚ people‚ places‚ events‚ literary work‚ myths‚ or works of art‚ either directly or by implication. Bildungsroman A type of novel concerned with education‚ development‚ and maturation of a young protagonist. Essentially‚ a Bildungsroman traces the formation of a protagonist’s maturity (the passage
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Ralph Gallucci Ancient Epic Office HSSB 4047 Fall 2013 Office Hours MWF 9:30-10:30 gallucci@classics.ucsb.edu Class Description In this course we will read the most influential epics of antiquity (Epic of Gilgamesh‚ Iliad‚ Odyssey‚ and Aeneid)‚ paying special attention to plot and character development and to the archaeological‚ religious‚ social‚ political‚ and cultural background of these works. This course will also survey both the views of modern scholars on various
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invasions‚ “the Achaeans had fought hard the Trojans of Asia Minor.” (Greece). Within the Iliad‚ the war provides a picture of ‘“how the Greek religion evolved from a mixture of Achaeans‚ Dorians‚ Minoans‚ Egyptians‚ and other Asian influences. This was the phase “Homeric” Greek religion… ”’ (Greece). Within the Homeric religion‚ the Homeric pantheon “was a very small family group with natural forces‚ but not
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This piece of artwork‚ promptly titled Thetis Bringing Armor to Achilles‚ was created by Benjamin West in 1806. It depicts the scene in book 19 of The Iliad in which Thetis brings his son‚ Achilles‚ a set of armor that was made by Hephaestus during the Trojan War. Benjamin West (1738-1820) was born in Pennsylvania and was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes who had created multiple versions of this portrayal during his lifetime (Wikipedia). This version‚ made in 1806‚ is located in
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PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT‚ 1121 Troy is alleged to be a retelling of the Trojan War based on the Iliad (Homer is listed as one of the writers in the credits). In spite of that‚ there are many‚ many differences between the epic poem and the film. For this assignment‚ you will first need to read the Iliad closely‚ enough that you will become familiar with all the characters (ones who appear over several lines of text‚ and have “speaking parts”). Having acquired this familiarity‚ you will then
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Homer the Greek Poet “The Greeks recognized Homer as the educator of all Greece”. Two long epic poems‚ the Iliad and the Odyssey were written by Homer. The Iliad and the Odyssey set the start of all Greek literature. The setting of the Iliad and the Odyssey is in ancient Greece in the time frame at around 1200 B.C‚ up to 500 years after the Trojan War took place. In Homer’s poem he sometimes mentioned the name of some Greek gods. “The Olympian gods as Homer represented them became accepted all over
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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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according to honor and glory‚ in all kinds of varied forms. Both traits trigger a magnificent war that takes the lives of numerous men‚ and shapes its development at every stage. The fall of Troy is “a thing… whose glory shall perish never (Homer‚ Iliad 2.324)”. The goal of the Greeks is fame that is never ending and lastly even after death‚ and they let nothing bar their way. The honor of the individual‚ family‚ and community guide every action
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changing the fate of a war in his story the ‘Iliad’‚ are all nice stories yet they can’t actually be proven. But what evidence do we have that could support these mythical legends? Archaeologists such as Calvert‚ Schliemann‚ Dorpfeld‚ Korfmann and historians such as Thucydides have established some provable ground for the Trojan War. Written sources suggesting the Trojan War is real are in scarce amounts‚ the main source is Homers ‘Iliad’. Homers ‘Iliad’ describes Troy as a great city upon a hill
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