women are shown as not much interested in the battle strategy of in the outer sphere of their husbands world. But in this chapter we witness Andromache breaking this norm. Just as Hector exits the ‘war’ and enters ‘home’‚we see Andromache doing exactly the opposite‚ i.e. going out of the ‘home ‘ onto the ‘war front’. Women were supposed to be always at home or with other wives. But Andromache is nowhere there; nowhere hector expects her to be. Homer for the first time in his book has shown the women
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as Odysseus‚ and his ten-year struggle to return home to his wife after fighting in the Trojan War. Along the way he is faced with many challenges‚ and the decisions he makes shapes his fate‚ his life‚ and the lives of his crew aboard his ship. During his journey‚ he makes good and bad decisions such as blinding Cyclopes‚ leaving the mystical bag of winds unguarded‚ and building the Trojan horse to win the war. Of all Odysseus’s bad choices‚ the worst is that he decided to blind the Cyclopes Polyphemus
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Achilles Main Characters: Achilles‚ Agamemnon‚ Briseis‚ Chryseis‚ Apollo‚ Thetis‚ Zeus‚ Hera‚ Hephaestus Themes: Gods intervention/free will Importance of mortal women Goddesses as wives/mothers Plot: Chryseis and Briseis were slaves of the Trojans which the Greeks won in battle. They were given to Agamemnon and Achilles. Chryseis’ father‚ Chryses goes to the Achaean camp to beg for his daughter back. When Agamemnon refuses‚ Chryses prays to Apollo brings a plague down on the Greeks. To resolve
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Ancient Greece and Rome. The classic period‚ while horribly violent‚ found this referred glory and grandeur in their victories and honors that came from brutal wars. Poe sees Helen not only as the most gorgeous woman in the world but also as a figure of motivation‚ believing she is a person worth fighting for (as many did in the Trojan War) and reminiscing the praise and reward one might’ve felt in doing her favor. In the third stanza‚ Poe observes to her “brilliant window-niche”
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Carthage to rule the world‚ the knowledge that Carthage would ultimately be destroyed by descendants of the Trojans‚ the fact that Paris‚ a Trojan‚ did not choose her as the most beautiful‚ and the long Trojan War itself. Juno acted on her rage and placed many obstacles in Aeneas’ path. For example‚ she coerced Aeolus to cause a storm at sea in an attempt to destroy Aeneas and the Trojans. Neptune intervened and Aeneas and seven warships were saved. This scenario repeated itself many
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Iliad choose to war so they may overcome the impermanence of mortality and realize immortality in their remembrance. The idea that kleos is such an integral part of ancient Greek culture can be shown through a comparison of the young Trojan princes‚ Hector and Paris. Paris‚ who is essentially blamed for the instigation of the Trojan- Greek war‚ fails to appear on the battlefield to defend his home. Paris has chosen instead to stay at home with his bride Helen‚ for whom the Trojan armies fight.
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life itself‚ along with being inspiring to several Greek heroes like Perseus and Odysseus makes Athena the strongest diety of the Olympians. A strength Athena has is the ability to provide great strategies. During the Trojan War‚ Athena gave Odysseus the strategy to build the Trojan Horse
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of war or any other small roles. The men in the Iliad would be nothing without the women and absolutely nothing to fight over which is what the entire story is all about. Many times in the story‚ women are often portrayed as “war prizes”. Consider for example the event of Chryseis and Briseis. The major conflict occurred about these two women since Chryseis needs to be return by Agamemnon to her father to stop the plague sent by Apollo. Agamemnon demands in exchange Briseis‚ Achilles’ war prize
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Odysseus A Different Type of Hero The Homeric epic‚ the Odyssey‚ is set in the peaceful years following the Trojan War‚ and concerns the returning heroes on their journeys home‚ in particular Odysseus of Ithaca. Odysseus is an epic hero; he displays courage‚ superior strength‚ and leadership‚ all qualities that people admire. While displaying these archetypal heroic traits he also displays his weaknesses as a man‚ particularly his excessive pride‚ which actually make him easy to relate to. So
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most popular were Odyssey and Iliad but there were many others also .The Odyssey is focused on Ulysses and the journey back home after the long and hard war of Troy. The characters in this poem are Ulysses ‚Penelope ‚Tiresias Zeus ‚Siren‚ Poseidon ‚Calypso‚ Athena and more.The Iliad is a poem written by him about the another war called Trojan war between Greeks and Trojans.This poem is still being read by people today. Some people argue that Homer wasn’t the one
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