The Trojan Women To the ancient Greeks the Siege of Troy was the greatest and most important event in the Age of Heroes; that age of wonder when the Immortals who dwelt on Olympus and whom they worshipped as gods‚ mingled with mankind and took a visible part in their affairs. The end of Troy marks the place where legend ends and history begins (Green‚ 11). The line between fantasy and reality is sometimes difficult to grasp‚ leaving historians questionable of the actualities of the battle of
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Reaction Paper for Helen of Troy Helen Paris Priam Achilles Menelaus Hecuba Agamemnon Ulysses Hector Cassandra Aeneas Andraste 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
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Achaeans The Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) — aka the Hellenes (Greeks)‚ Danaans (Δαναοί)‚ and Argives (Ἀργεĩοι). Agamemnon — King of Mycenae‚ leader of the Greeks. Achilles — Leader of the Myrmidons‚ half-divine war hero. Odysseus — King of Ithaca‚ the wiliest Greek commander and hero of the Odyssey. Ajax the Greater — son of Telamon‚ with Diomedes‚ he is second to Achilles in martial prowess. Menelaus — King of Sparta‚ husband of Helen and brother of Agamemnon. Diomedes — son of Tydeus‚ King of Argos
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Hector. Moreover‚ Achilles and Hector are most important roles in the poem that we need to analyze them deeply. Hector was a Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War‚ and the first-born son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba. Moreover‚ he is also a loving husband and a brave‚ emotional‚ careful man. In the VI of “Iliad”‚ Greeks and Trojan kept fight. As leader and “soul” of Trojan army‚ Hector showed his boldness of vision and fighting will. He also translated the spirit
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Hamlet’s Soliloquy: Tis now the very witching time of night (3.2.380-391) Annotations Tis now the very witching time of night‚ (380) When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world: now could I drink hot blood‚ And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on. Soft! now to my mother. O heart‚ lose not thy nature; let not ever (385) The soul of Nero enter this firm bosom: Let me be cruel‚ not unnatural: I will speak daggers to her‚ but use none;
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are two characters who suffered the most in Trojan women play from the fault of losing the war between Greek and Troy which are Hecuba as she says and Hector’s wife‚ because both of them suffered from the lost of their husbands and children. The Greek army decided to kill Andromache’s son because he is son of a heroic father as Andromache says. It is evident that Hecuba and Andromache are blaming their husband and children for their suffering and
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fighting skill‚ but in an emotional concept. By saying this‚ Hector forces his brother‚ Prince Paris‚ to fight against Menelaus. Though Hector knows he could be sending his brother to his death‚ he puts Troy first. In Book 22‚ King Priam and Queen Hecuba try to dissuade their son Hector from fighting against Achilles. In Homer’s words‚ “So they wept‚ the two of them crying out to their dear son‚ both pleading time and again but they could not shake the fixed resolve of Hector” (22. 1-3). I think
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Apollo is also credited with killing the Cyclops in retaliation for arming Zeus with the thunderbolt. Apollo did not discriminate at all. Having affairs left to right with both mortal & goddess women. His most famous was with the King of Troy’s wife Hecuba. Because of this affair they produced a demi god boy named Troilus. Apollo was also a man who did not like to get rejected. Cassandra‚ a mortal‚ rejected him. He became so enraged he decided to punish her by arranging it so her prophecies
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Iliad The Iliad (sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters‚ traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War‚ the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states‚ it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war‚ the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends
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combined‚ are able to represent all humanity. Achilles and Hector are character foils‚ meaning they are opposites of each other. For example‚ Hector and Achilles are fighting in different sides of the Trojan War. Hector is son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba; therefore‚ he is fighting for his hometown‚ Troy. However‚ Achilles
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