him in telling the rage of Achilles seems appropriate for the poem about mortals and immortals. Paying respect to the gods becomes one of the most important things the mortals can do in order to remain in the gods’ good graces. The fight between Agamemnon and Achilles is ridiculously blown out of proportion due to both character’s large sense of pride and stubbornness. Once again it is sacrifices made to the gods that makes the plague on the Greek camp happen. The gods seem to meddle in too much of
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offense very easily You bloated drunk‚ with a dog’s eyes and a rabbit’s heart!”. In the story Iliad Agamemnon dishonors Achilles by taking his prize possession that sends Achilles over the edge “I’m coming to your hut and taking Briseis‚ your own and beautiful prize‚ so that you will see just how much stronger I am then you”. Being a war prize‚ Briseis became Achilles’ property. So to have Agamemnon‚ the one who awarded Briseis to Achilles‚ taken away because his own war prize was taken‚ was a slap
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flow of the story to make it more beautiful and appropriate for their theme. After viewing the movie‚ there are lot of differences between the book Iliad and the movie Helen of Troy. Like in the movie‚ Achilles is one of the faithful followers of Agamemnon but in the book‚ Achilles disgusts him and didn’t participate in the war until Patroclus was killed by Hector. Also in the movie‚ Hector didn’t seem to participate in the battle but in the book‚ he is the one who leads the soldiers of Troy. There
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his bravery when he stood his ground against Agamemnon. ¨But you‚ great shameless man‚ we came with you‚ to please you‚ to win honour from the Trojans—for you‚ dog face‚ and for Menelaus. You don’t consider this‚ don’t think at all. You threaten now to confiscate the prize I worked so hard for‚ gift from Achaea’s sons. When we Achaeans loot some well-built Trojan town‚ my prizes never match the ones you get¨ (Book 1‚ 173-180). Achilles stood up to Agamemnon‚
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their quests‚ and had little regard for their own safety. Achilles ’ story follows this plot line quite well. At the beginning of the epic‚ the falling out‚ Achilles is not concerned for the fate of the Greeks‚ but for himself and his grudge with Agamemnon‚ "My honors never equal yours‚ whenever we sack some wealthy Trojan stronghold-my arms bear the brunt of the raw‚ savage fighting‚ true‚ but when it comes to dividing up the plunder the lion ’s share is yours‚ and back I go (Iliad
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remaining Trojan allied towns and now preparing to march on the glorious city of Troy itself. In the looting of the town the Greek King Agamemnon had claimed Chryseis as a war prize while Achilles claimed Briseis. The father of Chryseis‚ a man by the name of Chryses who was a priest of Apollo‚ having pleaded for his daughters return and having been rebuffed by Agamemnon soon called upon his god for aid who unleashed a series of plagues on the Greek
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Clytaemnestra to kill Agamemnon and Apollo commands Orestes to kill Clytaemnestra‚ his mother. In the other hand‚ the gods give Turnus and Aeneas the choice to kill or not to kill. The other aspect is‚ Virgil’s deaths and violent acts are between family‚ while Aeschylus’ acts of violence are between strangers. Aeschylus justifies Clytaemnestra’s when she kills Agamemnon because he sacrificed their daughter to the god Artemis. She says‚ “My child is gone. That is my self-defense” (Agamemnon 876). She
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the audience the idea that the confident and clever manipulation of words can play a pivotal role in influencing others’ decisions. Clytaemestra first employs her art of deception as she convinces Agamemnon‚ her husband‚ to traipse on the holy tapestries that are meant only for the gods. Although Agamemnon retains the dominant masculine role in their relationship‚ Clytaemestra’s subterfuge of words connotes that she truly possesses the power in their marriage. After her husband initially refuses her
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giving reason for Joseph to rise up out of prison and into power. Later on in Ancient Greece‚ Homer uses dreams in the Iliad in order to help get his story of the Trojan war kicked off. In the second books of his epic‚ Zeus sends a dream down to Agamemnon‚ in which the likeness of Nestor appears to him and says‚ Zeus bids you arm the flowing-haired Achaeans for
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Achilles is set in his ignorant ways‚ he does manage to do some good at the end of the story. However‚ even though he displays this act of unselfishness‚ the fury within Achilles causes him to remain the unchanging‚ selfish man that he truly is. Agamemnon has just insulted Achilles in front of all the Achaeans‚ and‚ because of this incident‚ Achilles decides to return home rather than stay and fight with his own people. Returning to his tent‚ Achilles calls upon his mother‚ Thetis‚ a goddess‚ to beg
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