there are many great characters‚ both mortal and immortal. However‚ no characters seem to match the greatness and importance of Achilles‚ the mightiest of the Greeks and Hector‚ Trojan prince and mightiest of the Trojans. Although they are the mightiest of their forces‚ their attitudes and motives for the Greek-Trojan war are completely different. Since birth‚ mighty Achilles was destined for greatness as Thetis‚ his father was told that he would bear a son greater than himself. After his birth he
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In Homer’s book The Iliad‚ Homer tells the story of the Trojan War with Achilles‚ the best Greek warrior. However‚ Achilles does not like Agamemnon‚ the king of Mycenae‚ because he took Briseis (Briseis was a woman that Achilles had received as a war prize). This is the reason why Achilles was raged at Agamemnon. In a rage‚ Achilles wants to kill all of the Trojans‚ especially Hector‚ the best Trojan warrior. Patroclus‚ Achilles’ best friend goes out to the battle field as Achilles (wearing his armor)
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story of Greek mythology‚ myths are pliable ** Mythical Background: Driving force: violence‚ revenge‚ father vs. son The cycle of violence for the gods is ended with the birth of Athena (wisdom) Zeus brings morals to the Greek universe Trojan War Starts with a wedding Achilles is the son Eris is not invited but goes anyway and throws a golden apple into the crowd. The apple is supposed to go to the fairest of them all: Hera‚ Athena‚ or Aphrodite Paris is the judge Aphrodite offers
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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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The Trojans and the Greeks had been in a fight for over ten years for the reason that this man had lied to the Trojans. Odysseus with his intelligence‚ had a plan to win the Trojans and win the war. His plan was to make a wooden horse and trick the Trojans to let the wooden horse in their home to take them by surprise. He demands his men to make a wooden horse that had the perspectives
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Andros Diomedes Ajax Polydorus Cora Patroclu sAndromache Nestor Alpheus The movie Helen of Troy shows the important details before and inside the book Iliad. This movie helps the readers to understand this book. Also‚ it shows how the Trojan war started and how Troy has fallen. Like in the book‚ because Helen was taken by Paris‚ the Achaeans demanded to take her back and conquer and make Troy fall. The movie only shows the important details and the book‚ and changes the flow of the
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Aeneid by Virgil‚ the Trojans and Aeneas do exactly the same. Through the epic of book II‚ Aeneas goes on to explain the war between the Trojans and the Greeks. Book IV focuses on Queen Dido’s deep affection for Aeneas and the influence of God’s word to Aeneas. However‚ Aeneas accepting the Gods’ command becomes problematic for Dido. With this intention‚ Virgil proves how in the Roman culture the Romans put God prior of themselves and what they believe. In order to gain the Trojans trust‚ Virgil uses
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extraordinary power to discern gods on the field of battle. She warns him‚ however‚ not to challenge any of them except Aphrodite. Diomedes fights like a man possessed‚ slaughtering all Trojans he meets. The overconfident Pandarus meets a gruesome death at the end of Diomedes’ spear‚ and Aeneas‚ the noble Trojan hero immortalized in Virgil’s Aeneid‚ likewise receives a wounding at the hands of the divinely assisted Diomedes. When Aeneas’s mother‚ Aphrodite‚ comes to his aid‚ Diomedes wounds her too
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Katy Jaber Miss Knox English 10 29 March 2013 Epic Heroes in the Iliad: Achilles and Hektor The Iliad‚ an epic poem by Homer‚ takes place in the last month of the tenth year of the Trojan War. It is about two warriors‚ Hektor and Achilles‚ fighting in the war which was started by Paris‚ a Trojan prince who kidnapped a Greek princess named Helen. The protagonists of an epic are called epic heroes‚ and all epic heroes share four traits. First‚ as World Masterpieces explains‚ an epic hero
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but it is deciding so that Homer lets the reader decide what is truly right. Achilles is the hero of the Trojan War and a great warrior of Greece. He his faced with many choices that shape who he is. Achilles wishes to live a long life without glory than a shorter‚ more glorious life. Not only does Achilles wish for this he soon visits his mother who faces him with the choice of going to war with Troy and dying there or staying in Greece and have a family and live a long life. Odysseus‚ King of Ithaca
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