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 appear like one of us‚ rather than the fierce warrior he is really portrayed as in the epic. This gives
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survived the war because of their skills and strength not to mention the favour of the gods. In contrast with the tragic fate of Achilles and the Trojans‚ Odysseus was triumphant in battle because of his tricks and his experience in war and most of all‚ Athena’s favour. He was her favourite and she knows him inside out; Odysseus pride and inborn cunningness makes her adore him even more. Athena said that “The gods will not do what man must do for himself”‚ and so Odysseus did his part in the war but his
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husband‚ somehow manipulated Helen into leaving Greece‚ and was assisted by Aphrodite. In another significant scene‚ Hera used the human-like themes of manipulation‚ deception‚ and assistance from a deity in order to distract Zeus so she could sway the war towards an Achaean victory. Hera thought of a plan
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“Comparison of the journeys undertaken by Gilgamesh and Odysseus” Odysseus main challenge is to help defeat the Trojans in the battle of the Trojan horse. All the men who survived the war and the sea were safely back at home‚ other than Odysseus‚ he still had a long journey ahead of him. In the beginning of his journey‚ his challenge was brought upon him by the powerful God of the sea Poseidon. Poseidon became Odysseus enemy after a Cyclops held him and his crewmates captive. After escaping the
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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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and begs for Hector’s body back‚ Achilles agrees to give the body back and Achilles promises twelve days of peace. During these twelve days‚ the Greeks build a horse‚ vanish inside of it and make it seem that they were cursed with a plague. The Trojans come to the camp after the twelve days and find all the Greeks gone but there was a huge horse‚ which they saw as a gift. They take it back into the city walls and celebrate‚ but at night‚ the Greeks come out of the horse and burn the city down. The
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most epic heroes of all time because he fought in the ten year Trojan war‚ his immortality was very great‚ and he is brave and courageous. Achilles fought in the ten year Trojan war. The year lasted about ten years and not once did Achilles give up. He alone killed very many Trojans‚ as well as some of the most fierce allies that were there during the war. This war was very brutal and it required very tough men to fight in this war Achilles was one of those men to be able to last
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of Troy itself never existed. Troy existed in the Bronze Age‚ and is most usually known from the antiquated greek epic stories‚ most particularily the Iliad by Homer‚ where it is broadly known as the setting for the Trojan War. In the epic‚ It is said that the reason for the Trojan war‚ and possible fall of Troy‚ was a direct result of the romance of Helen. Helen was stunningly lovely‚ numerous sovereigns needed her as their better half. Her progression father expected that the dismissal would cause
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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 Greece and gave Greek religion whatever unity it had. Homer’s poem was usually spoken by‚ or sung
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story. Virgil‚ 800 years after Homer had written his greatest works‚ clearly chooses to model The Aeneid off of him. While Homer chose to focus his works primarily on warfare as it pertains to traditional warrior code‚ Virgil decided to focus on how war created the vast empire that is Rome‚ a much more political stance. Virgil literally took a character from Homer‚ and using methods such as the description of the main character’s shield‚ and allowing deception to play a key role in significant events
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