throughout the seriousness of the war. But throughout the book‚ it seems that Homer portrays the gods to have more human like qualities than godly qualities. Throughout the book‚ Homer likes to portray the gods with mortal-human like qualities. The gods act very human like when they choose sides between the Greeks and Trojans; they fight among each other like mortals especially when they bicker back and forth. The gods like to have complete control over the war as they try to keep main warriors
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to have rose up from the foam on the ocean in Babylonian/Sumerian. Aphrodite was worshiped as the Goddess of love and beauty. "Aphros" is the Greek word for "sea foam." Aphrodite had powers associated with fertility and growth/harvesting of crops‚ war‚ and descent to the underworld‚ birth/life/love/death and fate. "Athena" who is another one of the Goddesses‚ is known to be the daughter of Zeus‚ having been born from the head of Zeus as a full-grown woman and dressed in full armor. Athena was known
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survived over the centuries. The Greek warrior is located among the largest artifacts‚ buildings and statues‚ and among the smallest‚ coins. The warrior is also painted on vases. These objects are all reflective of Greek culture‚ and of the impact war had upon the people who created and used these objects. The most abundant of these artifacts are the hundreds of vases which have been collected over the years. Among these vases are the "Athenian Red-Figure vases and Attic Black Figure Vases." As
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fight the Trojan War beside Achilles “The mightiest of the Achaeans” and the “Son of Atreus‚ king of men‚ most glorious Agamemnon” along with the rest of Greece to fight against the Trojans of Troy. Both Achilles and Agamemnon died in the results of the Trojan War‚ the war that made them all famous and gave them they name they sustain until today holding a legacy that would never fade out. For that exact reason is why they went to fight in the Trojan War they because know this would be a war to go down
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Story Analysis ODYSSEY (Movie) I. SETTINGS TIME: The time of the story is after the Trojan wars. PLACE: The places of the story are in Ithaca and Fayessia. II. CHARACTERS o Odysseus – King of Ithica o Penelope – Wife of Odysseus o Athena – Goddess of Wisdom o Calypso – She saved Odysseus from Hades o Telemachus – Son of Odysseus and Penelope o Agamemnon – head of the soldiers against the trojans o Menalayes – the one who tries to get the kingdom of Oddysseus o Poseidon – God of the
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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 story to make it more beautiful and appropriate for their theme. After viewing the
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and the change from Achilles’ decision for Patroclus to fight to Patroclus’ decision to go. In the movie Troy the director makes the decision to start the movie at the start of the war‚ giving the viewers some background information as to why the war had actually began rather than starting nine years into the war like in the Iliad‚ “Rage—Goddess‚ sing the rage of Peleus’ son Achilles‚ murderous‚ doomed‚ that cost the Achaeans countless losses‚ hurling down to the House of Death so many sturdy
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epic hero. Sometimes‚ Odysseus really acts like a hero‚ but sometimes not. In the Trojan War‚ he was very strong and brave‚ and he protected his men‚ but in book 9-12‚ he doesn’t seem to be the leader of his crew because they decide against his warning more than once. In book 11‚ he gets scared of the spirits of the dead and runs away. Furthermore‚ in my opinion it is never right to kill people‚ not even in a war. So‚ though it was to save his crew‚ it is not honorable to kill people. In book
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ILIAD Honor and glory are central to the Greek character. Since heroes are the essence of the society from which they come‚ Greek heroes live their lives according to honor and glory‚ in all their varied forms. Honor and glory trigger an epic war that takes the lives of numerous men‚ and shape its development at every stage. The fall of Troy is "a thing whose glory shall perish never (Homer‚ Iliad 2.324)". The goal of the Greeks is the fame that resounds even after death‚ and they let nothing
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did not come here because the Trojans had injured me. They have never bothered my
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