Greek Values In The Iliad
ANCIENT GREEK VALUES “Black ships before Troy” the adapted version of the Iliad, reflects important cultural and
social values of Ancient Greece. It is a tale that demonstrates the importance of mythology and
religion. This story of vengeance highlights Greek views on courage, honor, and loyalty while
giving an inside view on Greek customs around gender, death and burial rights. Throughout the
book, the author uses foreshadowing, imagery, and the behaviors of characters and gods to
demonstrate these values. As a result, we can determine that the death and burial right, quest
for vengeance, and courage all connect to honor and were very important as Greek values. …show more content…
But
how did honor affect the courage of the Greeks.
Greeks think of courage as a very important value since honor affects it in many ways
like how you gain courage to do the honorable thing. This is represented throughout the book
this includes the moment when Patroclus feels like he needs to go out to the battle mass to fight
as Achilles to strike fear in the Trojans. This shows that he is trying to do the honorable thing
which shows courage because it is dangerous to go out into battle, when it is very likely that he
won’t come back. Another act of courage is that Achilles is finally going out to battle in grief …show more content…
And this shows that he didn’t want his friend to die in vane which is
honorable and courageous. Finally, a quote stated, “then as it had gone, so Hector’s courage
returned to him… he turned to face his enemy(82).” This quote shows courage as though
Hector was scared to face Achilles yet he went back to face him in battle! So in the end the
Greeks showed that the value of courage is a very important value in Greek culture.
Now the last value that is important in Greek culture is the quest for seeking vengeance!
A quote that shows this is stated by Achilles, “but I will not turn from the fight while Hector
lives…(80)” this shows Achilles does not care what it will take but wants Hector to be dead since
he killed Patroclus. Which is honorable since he seeks vengeance for a dead friend. Another
way a character/god showed the quest for vengeance was when Apollo gets revenge on the
Greeks since they didn’t give a priest, his daughter back, Apollo get’s revenge by shooting
arrows of pestilence at the Greek camp. This is also honorable because Apollo cares for his
priests and want them to be happy. Finally Oenone gets revenge on Paris for not staying
social values of Ancient Greece. It is a tale that demonstrates the importance of mythology and
religion. This story of vengeance highlights Greek views on courage, honor, and loyalty while
giving an inside view on Greek customs around gender, death and burial rights. Throughout the
book, the author uses foreshadowing, imagery, and the behaviors of characters and gods to
demonstrate these values. As a result, we can determine that the death and burial right, quest
for vengeance, and courage all connect to honor and were very important as Greek values. …show more content…
But
how did honor affect the courage of the Greeks.
Greeks think of courage as a very important value since honor affects it in many ways
like how you gain courage to do the honorable thing. This is represented throughout the book
this includes the moment when Patroclus feels like he needs to go out to the battle mass to fight
as Achilles to strike fear in the Trojans. This shows that he is trying to do the honorable thing
which shows courage because it is dangerous to go out into battle, when it is very likely that he
won’t come back. Another act of courage is that Achilles is finally going out to battle in grief …show more content…
And this shows that he didn’t want his friend to die in vane which is
honorable and courageous. Finally, a quote stated, “then as it had gone, so Hector’s courage
returned to him… he turned to face his enemy(82).” This quote shows courage as though
Hector was scared to face Achilles yet he went back to face him in battle! So in the end the
Greeks showed that the value of courage is a very important value in Greek culture.
Now the last value that is important in Greek culture is the quest for seeking vengeance!
A quote that shows this is stated by Achilles, “but I will not turn from the fight while Hector
lives…(80)” this shows Achilles does not care what it will take but wants Hector to be dead since
he killed Patroclus. Which is honorable since he seeks vengeance for a dead friend. Another
way a character/god showed the quest for vengeance was when Apollo gets revenge on the
Greeks since they didn’t give a priest, his daughter back, Apollo get’s revenge by shooting
arrows of pestilence at the Greek camp. This is also honorable because Apollo cares for his
priests and want them to be happy. Finally Oenone gets revenge on Paris for not staying