to recover his captured daughter Chryseis .Chryses offers a ransom for his daughter which Agamemnon brutally rejects.Chryses appeal to Apollo causes the god to attack the Greek armies with plague.Achilles then calls an assembly ‚ at which Agamemnon agrees to return Chryseis ‚but demands immediate compensation.Achilles and Agamemnon quarrel over compensation. This intervention leads to the angering of Agamemnon at Calchas’ prophecy and Achilles’ withdrawal for battle. In this book we find another divine
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king and queen of Sparta; half-sister of Helen of Troy‚ and husband of Agamemnon‚ ruler of Mycenae. She is infamous for plotting to murder her husband and Cassandra with Aegisthus‚ enemy of Agamemnon. She is a villain for her murder of innocent Cassandra and of her committing adultery. Clytemnestra is a murderer‚ slaughtering Cassandra for no reason besides for her own pride. Cassandra was a slave brought back by Agamemnon as a prize from the Trojan War (Clarke). She was just a slave and nothing
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Iliad Book1 Agamemnon takes Chryseis the daughter of chryses after the achaens sack a Trojan-allied town and capture two beautiful women. Then chryses ask for his daughter back offering a ransom but was refused. He then prays to Apollo for help and Apollo listens and sends plague to the camp causing many deaths. After 10 days of suffering Achilles calls assembly and ask for deity to tell why its happening. Calchas the seer told that he needs to return chryses‚ but Agamemnon became angry and would
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of Agamemnon and Chryses‚ a priest of Apollo. When Chryses offers Agamemnon gifts beyond count and asked for his daughter back in exchange‚ Agamemnon rudely refuses and tells the priest‚ “sooner will old age come upon her in my own house‚ in Argos far from her own land‚ going up and down by the loom and being in my bed as my companion.” (1.29-31) Apollo‚ enraged at this act‚ sends down fiery arrows of pestilence for nine days that engulfs the whole kingdom and that only stops after Agamemnon gives
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his daughter back from Agamemnon. “Just how‚ Agamemnon‚ great field marshal…most grasping man alive‚ how can the generous Argives give you prizes now? – So return the girl to the god‚ at least for now. We Achaeans will pay you back‚ three‚ four times over‚ if Zeus will grant us the gift‚ somehow‚ someday‚ to raze Troy’s massive ramparts to the ground” (81). He tried to sound powerful and heroic‚ so Agamemnon would easily return the girl without wanting more from him. Agamemnon knew better and put Achilles
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guilt about it. She feels so justified in her actions‚ because Agamemnon sacrificed her daughter‚ and to her that was unforgivable (Aeschylus‚ Agamemnon). “He [Agamemnon] thought nothing more of it than killing a beast‚ and his flocks were rich‚ teeming in their fleece‚ but he sacrificed his own child‚ our daughter‚ the agony I labored into love to charm away the savage winds of Thrace.” (Aeschylus p. 163). Clytemnestra feels like Agamemnon gave no regard to their daughter’s life. The child that she
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Helen of Troy I. CHARACTERS Major Characters: Achilles- Stanley Baker Agamemnon- Robert Douglas Andromache- Patricia Marmont Hector- Harry Andrews Helen of Troy- Rossana Podestà MenelausNiall MacGinnis Paris- Jacques Sernas Patroclus- Terence Longdon Priam- Cedric Hardwicke Ulysses- Torin Thatcher Minor Characters: Aeneas- Ronald Lewis Polydorus- Robert Brown Alpheus- TonioSelwart Andraste- Brigitte Bardot Andros- Eduardo Ciannelli Cassandra- Janette Scott Cora- Barbara Cavan Dancer- George
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theme‚ however‚ is anger‚ specifically Achilles’. Achilles’ rage in the Iliad was not justifiable‚ he did everything out of his thirst for being remembered‚ he was overdramatic and his personality in general as seen during his interactions with Agamemnon‚ and Hector’s and Patroclus’ deaths. The story opens with a discussion between
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vulnerable. Achilles display of hubris comes solely from his invulnerability. An excellent example of Achilles hubris is when Agamemnon strips Achilles of his maiden Brisies. The enraged and prideful Achilles refuses to fight for Agamemnon. As a potent warrior‚ the Greeks viewed Achilles as a symbol of victory and unity. Therefore‚ when Achilles refuses to fight for Agamemnon‚ the Greeks lose that sense of victory and unity‚ thus leading to many deaths on the Greek
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snake in its talons. The examples that will be used are the relationships between Agamemnon and Achilles; Hector and Achilles; and Achilles and Prium. The information shown will show not only the differences in the interactions of the gods‚ specifically Zeus‚ Hera‚ Athena‚ Apollo‚ and Thetis‚ but how the lack of interaction changed the story slightly. The scene in both versions of the argument between Agamemnon and Achilles is very different from the written hero epic of the Iliad to the modern
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