Universal Home Entertainment Release Date: April 20‚ 2003 Running Time: 177 minutes Country: Canada Language: English Movie Classification: Miniseries Prologue: Helen of Troy is a 2003 television miniseries based upon Homer’s story of the Trojan War‚ as recounted in the epic poem‚ Iliad. This TV miniseries also shares the name with a 1956 movie starring Stanley Baker. It stars Sienna Guillory as Helen‚ Matthew Marsden as Paris‚ Rufus Sewell as Agamemnon‚ James Callis as Menelaus‚ John Rhys-Davies
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the beginning of the book she is seen begging Odysseus to return back to his home. Athena after this point helps Odysseus throughout his entire journey back to Ithaca‚ his homeland‚ after twenty years of battling in Troy. Athena‚ goddess of wisdom‚ war‚ the arts‚ industry‚ justice‚ and skill‚ is the propulsive force behind assembling Odysseus ’ return home after becoming captured by Kalypso‚ daughter of Atlas. Athena helps Odysseus bribe Kalypso to release him and making sure Nausikaa‚ daughter of
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In Homer’s The Iliad‚ readers are subjected to an epic that includes gods and goddesses that are intertwined into human society. These supreme beings are at most times less likely to display divine emotional characteristics‚ and instead display an extremely humane range of emotion. This can be seen in many different ways throughout the epic through the many squabbles‚ and humane emotional reactions that pop up from time to time as the actions of the gods begin to mirror the actions of the mortals
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poem written by Homer. It is about the journey of Odysseus home after the war in Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to return to Ithaca‚ and in his absence‚ the people of Ithaca assumes that Odysseus is dead. The role of women in Odysseus ’ voyage is also very important. It is because of the women that the whole story turned out the way it really did‚ and without them‚ the story would not be complete.The reason the Trojan war began was because of the goddess Helen. Odysseus needed to return to Ithaca
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Achilles: A God Among Men Achilles plays a major part in Homer’s The Iliad. He is one of the bravest Greek soldiers and the best fighter they have. The epic revolves around his role in the Trojan War and his rage. Achilles has been referred to as "godlike" a number of times and it is deeper than the fact that he has an immortal mother. Being "godlike" seems to be the highest compliment that anyone could receive‚ but to the ancient Greeks it was more of a back-handed compliment than anything. Literally
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sure that his name lives on forever‚ while Hector cares about winning the battle for his family and country. In one battle‚ Hector kills Patroclus thinking it was Achilles‚ which really sets Achilles off and is the reason that Achilles rejoins the war. When the two warriors finally meet near the end of the Epic‚ Hector is confronted with the fact that he is indeed going to die. Hector tries to think of ways to get out of the battle with Achilles‚ like bribery. This shows that Hector is not the perfect
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the epic heroes of The Iliad choose war so they may realize immortality in their deaths. 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. However‚ as Helen describes
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470)." Yet when Achilles hears of this‚ he still decides to return to the battlefield and avenge his friend Patroclus’ death. This is a courageous gesture by Achilles because at this point he is aware of the danger that lies in going back to the war. A warrior however‚ would not be courageous without a notion of fear. Achilles knows that " a man’s life breath cannot come back again-no raiders in force‚ no trading brings it back‚ once it slips through a man’s clenched teeth (p. 265)." Here he
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Family as a social institution in Odyssey by Homer One of the social institutions that play a very important role in the Odyssey by homer is the family. The importance of the family and home are highly extrapolated in this work of art‚ the main character‚ Odysseus really demonstrates the role of home and the family. Even before the reader goes deep into the text‚ there are certain facts that are established about the family and its role in this book. Although most critics and readers focus on
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