1.) Discuss literature pieces that were famous in ancient Greece known as epics Greeks have always been known for their stories and mythological culture. They explained many things in life as affects of these mythological phenomena. It wasn’t until later that they began to use science to understand how things really worked. Mythology and story-telling was exceptionally popular during the Dorian Age‚ and this was a time when Greeks weren’t very advanced. They didn’t have any written documents really
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LOVE‚ FRIENDSHIP‚ HONOR: WAR (Iliad by Homer) How do you value your love? How do you value your friendship? And how do you value your honor for the sake of something and someone. Lots of things might occur if we fight for what we value the most‚ and as a result‚ we created wars; war between and against someone. Most circumstances in the Iliad tell about the war between the Achaeans and the Trojans but it fires up when love‚ friendship and honor was became the center of what they are fighting
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character based on how he holds fast to the Homeric code and his values in war‚ is represented as a human who has flaws yet overcomes them‚ is a fierce and powerful warrior‚ and Homer portrays him positively in the epithets that have been written about him. Based on how Hector holds fast to the Homeric codes and his own virtues‚ he is esteemed with the title of the most heroic not only back in the time of the Trojan War‚ but also in our modern day time. One of the most illustrative examples of his
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Odysseus‚ King of Ithaca leaves his son‚ wife‚ and friends to travel to the Trojan war. After 10 long years at war‚ it comes time to travel back home to Penelope. Ten long years of being sent places by force‚ and going places by choice. Being disloyal to the ones he loves‚ he finally makes it home to run his kingdom again: Twenty years later. Odysseus may seem like a great loyal leader‚ but in reality he is not. Although Odysseus is a good man by trying hard to get home to Penelope‚ he is also a
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have made my version of the movie more according to the novel. First‚ I must say that Wolfgang Peterson did an excellent job binding together his movie "Troy" with Homer’s "The Iliad" as well as with the facts and cultural characteristics of the Trojan and Greek people. One of the many ways that Peterson showed a great connection to "The Iliad" is when Akhilleus has his argument with Agamemnon over Brisêis. In this account with Agamemnon‚ Peterson uses almost the same exact dialogue that Homer used
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of the Iliad and the Odyssey. B) Homer 7. This is a Greek double-reed musical instrument that is similar to the modern oboe. B) aulos 8. He is the hero of the Odyssey‚ Homer’s epic account of the hero’s return home from the Trojan War. C) Odysseus 9. In the Greek’s war with Troy‚ he was the Greek’s greatest warrior whose argument with Agamemnon is the subject of Homer’s Iliad. B) Achilles 10. This is the Greek term for "excessive pride." B) hubris 11. This is the head or crowning part of
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One of the actions that both heroes share is their choice to follow the path toward kleos due to death of a loved one. The death of Patrocles spurs Achilles to revenge his death by joining the war effort against the Trojans. For Astyanax‚ the long ago death of his parents and city incites him to begin a war with the Achaeans. Another action is that both warriors want to have their personal‚ or family-gifted‚ armor before they go off to battle. Also‚ both men get the armor via the help of a goddess
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I sing of arms and the man‚ he who‚ exiled by fate‚ first came from the coast of Troy to Italy‚ and to Lavinian shores – hurled about endlessly by land and sea‚ by the will of the gods‚ by cruel Juno’s remorseless anger‚ long suffering also in war‚ until he founded a city and brought his gods to Latium: from that the Latin people came‚ the lords of Alba Longa‚ the walls of noble Rome. Muse‚ tell me the cause: how was she offended in her divinity‚ how was she grieved‚ the Queen of Heaven‚
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What was the historical cause of the Trojan War (probably)‚ and what was the mythological cause? Historical: Troy is a city that guards the entrance to the Black Sea‚ and so it’s likely that they were harassing the Greeks’ trade routes. Mythical: Paris stole Helen from king Menelaos of Sparta. Menelaos was brother of Agamemnon of Mycenae. One of the horrific acts committed in the "House of Atreus" (not the literal house‚ but the family that includes Atreus) was that he did what to Thyestes’
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can understand what the author wants to express to the readers by comparing Hector and Achilles. Therefore‚ I will compare the strengths and the weakness of both heroes. First of all‚ I will write about Hector. He was a Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War. He was born as a son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba. His father was the king of Troy. He had a wife called Andromache and the son‚ Astyanax. In the European Middle Ages‚ Hector was one of the Nine Worthies. And he was
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