Medea Vs Odyssey

While reading the works of Homer, paying close attention the Books I, VI, XVI, XVIII, XXII, and XXIV of The Iliad and as well as Medea by Euripides. A lot of the characters from both books are real people from Greek Mythology. In The Iliad, Homer describes the characters in great details, with stories that entwined with their lives. Achilles, a mighty warrior in the Achaean Army, who has superhuman strength and a close relationship with the Gods, Hector, a son of a king, who is the mightiest warrior in the Trojan Army, meets his match with Achilles. These two people are very much alike but, still so different from each other. In Medea, which was originally published in 431 BC, Euripides wrote the play from other tales that were happening around him- conflict, revenge, marital abandonment …show more content…
These two stories are similar with how they are both based on Greek mythology and both written during that time period. In this essay I will demonstrate how personal characteristics and decisions lead Achilles, Hector, Medea and Jason to all their own personal downfalls from grace. In The Iliad, Homer describes numerous people, but the most important, with the most downfalls are Achilles and Hector, Achilles was less than heroic than what people believed, he believed he was invincible, but wasn’t; Thetis was holding his ankle when he was dipped into the River Styx at birth, so his foot was vulnerable. He couldn’t control his pride or the rage that would spiral out of control when that pride was injured, because of this he abandons his comrades and prays for them to be slaughtered by Agamemnon. Achilles refuses to compromise with anyone and any actions taken against him, enrages him. He refuses to fight and when he does, he goes after Hector- kills him, and then drags his body behind a chariot, breaking all the rules about the importance of a proper