The Iliad’s timing supports the concept of human choice. The narrative begins nine years into a ten year war. It is revealed that the cause of this war nearly a decade ago was the supposed abduction (or elopement) of Queen Helen of Sparta by the Trojan prince Paris. After discovering her missing‚ Helen’s scorned husband Menelaus then convinced his brother Agamemnon‚ King of Mycenae‚ to wage a war to get her back. Even this first action brings about a question of fate versus choice. It is described
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problems on his journey‚ and he also gets out of the problems somehow. Odysseus risk taking personality causes him to leave for the Trojan battle‚ step Cyclops in the eye‚ and kills all the suitors. Odysseus risk taking personality for the Trojan horse shows that he is not afraid of what might happen to him. He has the idea to build the horse and to trick the Trojans. Odysseus says to his men “build a big wooden horse on wheels / big enough for a bunch of Greek soldiers to hide inside it.” By
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In her fear for Carthage and her hatred of the Trojans she has for long years kept the Trojans away from their promised home in Latium (six years‚ coming up for seventh summer). So great a task it was to found the Roman race. As the Trojans are sailing from Sicily on the last stage of their voyage to Italy Juno intervenes to stop them. She goes to Aeolus‚ king of the winds‚ and bribes him to release the winds‚ creating a storm that wrecked the Trojan ships. He agrees to do so. He was bribed by being
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Zeus commands all of the gods to stay out of the war between the mortals. He declares‚ “Any god I catch‚ breaking ranks with us‚ eager to go help the Trojans or Achaeans-back ne comes to Olympus‚ whipped by the lightning‚ eternally disgraced. Or I will snatch and hurl him down into the murk of Tartarus half the world away‚ the deepest gulf that yawns beneath the ground‚ there were the iron gates and threshold
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and Clytemnestra. In Greek myths‚ she was considered the most beautiful woman in the world. By marriage she was Queen of Laconia‚ a province within Homeric Greece‚ the wife of King Menelaus. Her abduction by Paris‚ Prince of Troy‚ brought about the Trojan War. Elements of her putative biography come from classical authors such as Aristophanes‚ Cicero‚ Euripides and Homer (both The Iliad and The Odyssey). In her youth she was abducted by‚ or eloped with‚ Theseus‚ and in some accounts bore him a child
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In the Iliad‚ the gods play an important role in the Trojan War. The Homeric gods know they are better than the mortals that serve them and do not care much when they fight and have quarrels. The gods can always withdraw from the battle and never have to worry about dying or suffering that the humans live with every day during the war. This is where we see the motivations of the gods‚ their relationships with mortals‚ relationships with each other and the power and authority of Zeus. The motivations
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“All conflict in literature is‚ in its simplest form‚ a struggle between good and evil.” This statement means that all the themes and struggles in literature‚ when broken down to their most simplest forms‚ are a conflict between good and evil. Usually in conflicts‚ there are two sides that fight over one thing. One side is considered good‚ while the other side is considered bad. The people that are good do it for the right thing while the people that are bad do it for the wrong
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of the Trojan warriors‚ begins the poem as a model for a hero. His dedication and firm belief in the code of honor is described many times throughout the course of the Iliad. As a reward for heroic traits in battle‚ prizes were sometimes awarded to victors of war. In Book 1 Achilles receives Chryseis as a prize and a symbol of honor. Heroism had its rewards and its setbacks which ultimately was the backbone of the Illiad in the case of Achilles prize. Hector‚ arguably the greatest Trojan warrior
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Achilles‚ in his anger‚ asks his mother‚ Thetis‚ to go beg Zeus to fight on the behalf of the Trojans because Achilles is so angry he wishes for the Greeks to be defeated so they realized how important he was. After this happens‚ Achilles no longer respects Agamemnon as a leader because of his selfish decisions. Later it is Achilles’ anger that will make him return to the fight and to kill Hector and crush the Trojans spirit. Achilles is angry then because his best friend Patroclus‚ who everyone thought
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Compare and Contrast of Odysseus and Aeneas Odysseus‚ the hero in The Odyssey‚ and Aeneas‚ the hero in The Aeneid‚ fought in opposing sides in the Trojan war. Odysseus was the king of Ithaca and was arguably the smartest king and warrior in all of Greece‚ whereas Aeneas was a warrior from Troy whose destiny was to found the Roman race in Italy. While both men were highly acclaimed by their respective countrymen as heroes‚ they shared many similarities in respect to their background‚ their virtue
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