motifs such as: the role of the gods‚ the role of suffering‚ and the roll of fate. The role of the gods shows heavily in the literary works of this era through the god’s direct interference in mortal events. Within the Iliad Athena‚ who hates the Trojans‚ does not directly kill Hector but tricks him into facing Achilles which ultimately leads to his death. Thetis‚ the mother of Achilles‚ helps her son and the Greeks throughout their adventures in any way possible. Similarly in the Odyssey gods interfere
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name to be remembered‚ chooses to go. The Greeks sail for Troy. Achilles and the Myrmidons are the fastest rowers and land before anyone else. They kill many Trojans and desecrate the temple of Apollo. Briseis (Rose Byrne)‚ a member of the Trojan royal family‚ is captured and taken as a prize to the Greeks‚ despite Achilles claiming her as a war prize himself. Achilles and his Myrmidons do not fight the next day because of Agamemnon’s unfair claim to Briseis. With Greeks surrounding Troy‚ Paris challenges
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It started by Prince Paris of Troy going to visit Sparta and stealing Menelaus’ wife and most of his money. Menelaus vowed revenge and sailed out with the best warriors from Greece to take back his wife‚ in Homer’s “The Iliad” he writes that the war lasted 10
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climax happen. Odysseus endures many tests with creatures that test him externally and also internally. Along the way Odysseus gets aided by many supernatural beings. He would not be able to go survive without their assistance. After winning the Trojan War Odysseus decide to attack the island of the Ciccones where he lost a ton of me‚ about six men from every ship he had. This demonstrates a clear act of hubris and stupidity. Odysseus thought he was high and mighty for commanding some of the Greek
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Virgil’s epic‚ the Aeneid‚ is a story about the “true” origins of the Romans that by borrowing other mythological stories to set the stage for his contemporary audience. Virgil’s main source for this book is from Homer’s Iliad which talks about the fall of Troy‚ but also talks about the power of fate in the world. Achilles was the protagonist in the story‚ a man fighting his emotions about whether he should fight and die or hide and live this struggle lasts through the entire story protracting the
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recapture Helen. He was equipped with fifty ships and fifty men of his own private army‚ the Myrmidons. The Myrmidons were fearsome fighters who were transformed from ants by Zeus. Achilles and his army took over 23 cities and they even ambushed the Trojan prince. It was told that if Achilles did not kill a prince before he was 20 years old‚ he would die. This caused him to sacrifice the prince in honor of Apollo. Apollo was not pleased by this and is why he has a grudge towards Achilles. Overall‚ Achilles
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ongoing example of immortality as myths. (The following differences and similarities will be discussed separately in whole between “The Iliad”‚ and “The Odyssey” to maintain chronological order) Homer’s story “The Iliad”‚ the story of the Trojan War is one of epic proportions‚ and offers many conflicts between its characters. From instances between gods‚ cities‚ kings‚ and warriors‚ there is no greater conflict than that between Achilles‚ and the Prince of Troy‚ Hector. Ironically the unforeseen
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Nicean barks or yore” barks being the small sailing boat and Nicean being an ancient city that was near the Trojan War. The Trojan War is one of the Western world’s most mythical battles where the Greek fleet fought against the city of Troy in a war that lasted for more than nine years. The battle began with Paris of Troy seducing Helen from her husband Menelaus the King of Sparta. The Trojan War is one of the most important battles in Greek mythology. As the Helen in the poem is being compared
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the Iliad. Throughout the Iliad his emotions range anger‚ rage‚ and compassion. When he gets angry it’s because of Agamemnon taking Briseis from him. He gets rage from when the Trojans kill his cousin. Achilles becomes compassionate when the King of Troy comes to ask for his son’s body back. At the beginning of the war Achilles is not on good terms with Agamemnon because Agamemnon does not have respect towards Achilles. Agamemnon takes Briseis from Achilles when Achilles is gone. When Achilles
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Another mention of Hector’s exploits in the early years of war was given in the Iliad book 9. During the embassy to Achilles‚ Odysseus‚ Phoenix and Ajax all try to persuade Achilles to rejoin the fight. In his response‚ Achilles points out that while Hector was terrorizing the Greek forces now‚ and that while he himself had fought in their front lines‚ Hector had ’no wish’ to take his force far beyond the walls and out from the Skiaian Gate and nearby oak tree. He then claims‚ ’There he stood up
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