What Is Odysseus Made Of? Odysseus returns home and seeks revenge on the suitors that plague his wife. In order for him to be successful with the revenge he must use his cunning, knowledge of battle and his desire to be with his wife Penelope. Odysseus is a very intelligent and cunning person; these are some of the main reasons why Odysseus is not only a great person but also an outstanding king. Odysseus is also constantly compared to a god because only a god is supposed to be as cunning
Kelly Mahowski CLT 3103 Prof. Amy Oh 5 October 2014 Homer’s Use of Similes and the Impact on an Unsuspecting Audience Epic similes are perhaps the greatest tool that Homer utilizes in the Iliad. It seems as if it would be possible to find a simile within just a few pages of the book if opened to a random chapter. There is a noticeable pattern Homer employs which involves using everyday Greek activities in these similes in order to make them more relatable to his audience. When the Greeks
large palaces with their complex administration were no longer needed and could no longer be sustained. People simply abandoned to cities and went back to subsistence farming until they slowly rekindled an empire. REFERENCES Huxley, G.L.. Achaeans and Hittites. Oxford, The Queen’s University. 1965. Palmer, Leonard R.. Mycenaeans and Minoans. London, Faber and Faber. 1961. Sanders, N.K.. The Sea Peoples. London, Thames and Hudson. 1978. Velikovsky, Immanuel. Peoples of the Sea. Garden
The Tears of Troy Countless defining moments of Greece’s chiliad could be dated back to the hostile rivalry between the two superior cities at that time, Troy and Greece. Ranging from the legendary Trojan War to the battle of imperial dominance, the abhorrent ambience between Troy and Greece have created many of the most storied myths and novels of all time. However, there is one myth that is not as recognized as the others, but has shaped the rivalry to a greater depth and is the origin behind
The Trojan War was considered as one of the greatest conflicts in Greek Mythology. It was a war that influenced many people in literature and in arts for centuries. This war lasted for about ten years and it was fought between the Trojans and the Achaeans. Troy was a renowned city since it was known for its great defensive walls and its highly aimed and trained archers. It was also known for its great reign by their king, Priam. Priam was the king of Troy during the Trojan War. Hecuba was the wife
settling down on the earth…Zeus let a loose a huge crash of thunder, hurling his bolts in a flash against Achaea’s armies” (8.88-9). Zeus’s thunderbolts scared off the Achaeans and forced them to retreat once again. Agamemnon claimed, “Zeus’ heart has turned -his mighty heart is set on Hector’s offerings more than ours”(10.53-4). The Achaeans especially their leader were petrified knowing that Zeus was fighting against them. “Zeus flung strife on Achaea’s fast ships”(11.3) and “Zeus drove a swirl of panic
foot. He is well known in the Iliad as the main force for the Achaeans in the Trojan War, dubbed the “swiftest warrior,” “Achilles dear to Zeus”, and “brilliant runner.” However many do not know the story of Achilles when he walks away from the Achaean campaign over a scuffle of war prizes. His action cripples the Achaean army, costing the lives of many. The story of the Trojan War is one where Achilles ultimately leads the Achaeans to Troy and kills Hector outside Priam’s walls. However, it was
helps build upon the characters and themes presented in Scroll One. King Agamemnon, the leader of the attacking Achaeans, is presented as a prideful and headstrong man. Scroll One and Scroll Two both similarly describe Agamemnon’s pride and strong desire. He believes he is a great king, and that he deserves the most glory from the battle at Troy. Even so, these traits will hurt the Achaean army as Agamemnon stops at nothing to keep his pride and glory. The first similarity is that Agamemnon’s pride
Briseis. Agamemnon’s demand infuriates and humiliates Achilles. The men argue, and Achilles threatens to withdraw from the battle and take his people, back home to Phthia. That night Achilles prays to his mother, Thetis, to ask Zeus to punish the Achaeans. She promises to ask Zeus about his offer. After twelve days, Thetis makes her appeal to Zeus. Zeus is reluctant to help the Trojans but he finally agrees. The next day Zeus sends a false dream to Agamemnon that he can take Troy if he launches a
explores the effect of Achilles’ rage during The Trojan War. When Achilles allows his anger to impair his judgement, it results in the Achaeans almost losing the Trojan War and the death of Achilles’ best friend, Patroclus; as a result, The Iliad conveys an important lesson about the power of rage. Achilles allows his rage to control him, which causes the Achaean army to suffer huge casualties, and results in the death of Patroclus, thus
different cultures, there are various stories of heroes and heroism, and it seems that the definition of heroism has changed frequently since classical antiquity. “Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus’s son Achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses.”(The Iliad I.1-2) So opens The Iliad, a story of the Trojan War and the flawed hero, Achilles. Achilles, an example of the Greeks ideal hero, is not without his flaws. His anger while understandable during the earlier parts of
selfish. He lost sight of his values such as honor, loyalty, and protection of his family name. He became immature, a coward, and most of all, he became selfish. Achilles had an extreme responsibility in the Trojan War as the supposed "leader" of the Achaean army. However, after Agamemnon wronged him he pulled himself from the war. By doing this, he abandoned his whole army in a vulnerable state without their leader for his own selfish reasons. Agamemnon had even offered him many gifts in exchange for
fairly and all the more powerful Achaeans had gotten a concubine, Agamemnon just happened to choose the daughter of one of Apollo's priest. When Apollo sends a plague to the Achaean camp Achilles' concern for his comrades leads him to call an assembly with the purpose of interpreting the plague and taking necessary action. Agamemnon reluctantly agrees to return his concubine to her father if he is repaid another concubine by one of the other powerful Achaeans. At this Achilles stands up for
helpful, if not necessary, to step back and analyze the situation. This is what happened to Achilles throughout the first sixteen books of the epic. At first Achilles had a set of clearly defined goals, he was to fight side by side with the Achaeans, sack Troy, and, by doing these things, gain honor and wealth. As the war progressed a series of events took place that forced Achilles to step out of the fight. While he was inactive and had time to contemplate, he came to the realization that
In Homer’s epic poem The Iliad, Homer depicts the difference between the lives of the Gods and humans through the larger context of the ongoing war, featuring the Achaeans versus the Trojans. This difference can be defined in how glory and worship affect their lives, but most importantly their underlying desire to experience their opposite nature: mortality and immortality. For one, the Gods gain glory for aiding their favored side, while humans attain glory through victory in battle. Moreover, Gods
greatest warrior in the Trojan War. He is faced with several problems, but the main fight was between him and Agamemnon, the commander of the Achaean army. Greek soldiers fight to win kleos, which is the greek word for glory. When Agamemnon takes Achilles’ kleos, Achilles is forced to question his role in the war. He struggles with the shallow reason that the Achaean army is fighting and eventually goes against the authority he is under in order to fight for his own reasons. Achilles made the only choice
armies of the Achaeans charged Ilium, the Trojan Citadel. Although this ten-year epic battle, called the Trojan War, was supposedly fought over Helen, “the face that launched a thousand ships1,” the true heart of the Iliad is the characterization of the Homeric hero. These men possessed seemingly superhuman strength and courage, they fought and risked their lives for their people and their comrades in arms, and many of them were descendants of the gods themselves. Among the Achaeans, there emerged
“Nine days the arrows of god swept through the army.” (Homer, The Iliad, 1.61) The Iliad written by Homer portrayed the war between the Achaeans and the Trojans. In addition to the mortals fighting each other gods also intervened in the war between the two sides, the gods in The Iliad played very significant roles in the battles; they brought divine powers on to the mortal sides of the war, Greek gods embody many human characteristics, there are many themes in The Iliad that construct the interventions
Book 1 This books begins telling about the rage of Achilles, the Greek hero in the Trojan War. It tells when Achaeans captured two beautiful woman named Chryseis, daughter of chryses, and Briseis, cousin of the Trojan princes Hector and Paris. Agamemnon, commander in chief, takes Chryseis as his war prize While Achilles claims Briseis as his prize. Chryses, both Chryseis father and Priest to Apollo, begs Agamemnon to return his daughter to him safe and sound and will give a great ransom in return
that his body was invulnerable to injuries except his heels. His character also explains the social charter theory in the ancient times. Achilles grief and pride negatively and positively impacted the two military institutions that were at war: the Achaean and Trojan. Achilles also represents the ritual as his death explains how funeral rituals were done in the ancient times. This paper critically analyzes Achilles’ story in three theoretical contexts: nature of myth, social charter theory, and ritual