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    The Purpose The intended audience for Homers Epic Poem The Odyssey is a wide one. Homer was a bard and he would go to noblemen’s parties and tell this story for entertainment‚ the gusts would go back home and tell their families the stories‚ the servants would over hear while serving and spread them as well to other servants and maids. Homer was far from being the only person to tell his stories and people are still reading them in the 21st century. Because the story was well known and told by

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    Was "Troy" the Movie Accurate According to Homer? Did the movie Troy‚ released in 2004‚ accurately depict the story of Homer’s epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey‚ and was it a good movie from a critical point of view? I think it was a good movie from an entertainment standpoint‚ but it fell short in it’s comparison to Homer’s epics. As a fan of "epic" movies‚ I have watched the movie Troy a couple of times. In comparing the movie to the epic‚ there are various discrepancies between

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    Homer defining heroism

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    Jonathan Brodhacker Brodhacker 1 Joe Baumann S06/07 6 March 2014 Iliad: How does Homer define heroism in the Iliad? Homer’s Definition of Heroism in the Iliad is the subject we will be discussing in this paper. I believe Homer’s view of a hero or of heroism is displayed by the hero showing bravery‚ compassion‚ and even friendship. While our particular heroes in the Iliad have what seems to be god-like qualities they both still have very real and human failings that eventually

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    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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    Why Was There A Trojan War

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    Manfred Korfmann have been especially productive in establishing the size of the lower city‚ (which was built of mud brick and has therefore not survived)‚ and supporting the case of Troy level VI as the citadel involved in the Trojan War. In The Iliad Homer gives us many details about the city of Troy that he would not have been able to know first-hand. He describes a windy city with‚ "wide‚ well-paved streets." Hisarlik is a very windy site and Troy VI does indeed have wide open streets. He describes

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    Aristotle's Tragedy

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    The Iliad is Aristotle’s Tragedy; an “Imitation of Action” Humans tend to take comfort in the idea that their lives are not the most unfortunate‚ this makes tragedy a popular theme for many well written pieces. Although The Iliad is not considered a tragedy‚ according to Joe Sachs it still follows Aristotle’s definition of one in “The Poetics”. Which is‚ tragedy is the use of “imitation of action” to arouse pity and fear‚ leading to catharsis from the audience in a piece of literature. There are

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    Punishment In The Odyssey

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    Not everyone has the same idea in mind about punishment‚ and nor did other countries from other times. The following books: The Iliad‚ The Odyssey‚ and The Hebrew Bible‚ entitling instances of cheating‚ kidnapping and murder‚ insulting and their punishment. Very rarely would you get away with something unseen because the Gods saw everything‚ and they could do just about anything known on earth to mankind or even to each other. Anything was punishable whatever time ear it was‚ and the Gods would cease

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    Ms. Davis October 29‚ 2012 What Role Does Wrath Play In The Iliad? The very first line in the Iliad states the main theme of the whole story‚ as Homer asks the Muse to sing of the "wrath of Achilles." This wrath‚ all its occurrences‚ transformations‚ influences‚ and consequences‚ unfold the devastating events in the Iliad. Initially the book starts showing people in a normal state of life‚ but the main story of Homer’s Iliad‚ however‚ starts once there is the ignition of wrath among prominent

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    (France Telecom’s Orange‚ the Vivendi-owned SFR‚ and Bouygues Telecom). In a push by the French government to bring prices down‚ created a new legislation to let telecommunication companies to place new bids to award new licenses for the 3G and 4G. Iliad group decided to place a bid to win the licenses for the 3g and 4g business and won it. However‚ one of the conditions by the French government was for Freedom mobile to be able to cover 75% of the French population by January of 2015. Free mobile

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    Epic Heroes

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    these are Beowulf (an Anglo-Saxon epic poem believed to be the only surviving manuscript from the early 11th century)‚ Iliad (One of the two ancient Greek epic poems written by Homer) and Ramayana (a Sanskrit literature dating back to somewhere around 750-800 BC‚ believed to be written by Valmiki). The three protagonists of the poems are Beowulf (of Beowulf)‚ Achilles (of the Iliad) and Rama (from Ramayana). Beowulf is a Geat‚ Achilles a Greek and Rama an Indian. Despite their origins‚ they all share

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