Brian Koenig
Mr. Vice and Mrs. Warren
GT Humanities
5 January 2016
The Iliad is better than the Odyssey
The Iliad is a Greek hexameter epic poem in twenty-four books, traditionally ascribed to Homer, telling how Achilles killed Hector at the climax of the Trojan War. It tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. The Iliad is a sequel to the Odyssey.The Iliad is named after the city of Ilion or Ilium, which most people call Troy. ("Iliad" mean "pertaining to Ilium/Ilion" in Greek.) It was, it turn, named after its founder, Ilius. Dated around 1194-1184 BC.
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 about the siege; the earlier …show more content…
If a man knew his fate (Achilles) he accepted it, those not knowing their fate still were controlled by it. All fiction/nonfiction/life breaks down to fate, in this case moera was a goddess to whom even Zeus was subject to. For the Ancient Greeks the Iliad and the Odyssey told them how Greece had come to be the dominant power in the western Mediterranean, and also showed them what sort of people their gods were, and how those gods behaved. The Iliad and the Odyssey (and possibly some other epics, which have now been lost) were what the Greeks had instead of history books, and also what they had instead of a Bible. This shows how the Greeks turned to the Iliad for advice on everything: what is the correct way to pray, which is the best way to bake bread, or mend your chariot (fix your car) - it is all in the Iliad (or the Odyssey). It may seem funny to us these days that people would go to the Iliad to find out how to fix a broken chariot wheel - but things haven't changed so much. There are still people in America who think you can teach archaeology, and even genetics, from the
Mr. Vice and Mrs. Warren
GT Humanities
5 January 2016
The Iliad is better than the Odyssey
The Iliad is a Greek hexameter epic poem in twenty-four books, traditionally ascribed to Homer, telling how Achilles killed Hector at the climax of the Trojan War. It tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. The Iliad is a sequel to the Odyssey.The Iliad is named after the city of Ilion or Ilium, which most people call Troy. ("Iliad" mean "pertaining to Ilium/Ilion" in Greek.) It was, it turn, named after its founder, Ilius. Dated around 1194-1184 BC.
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 about the siege; the earlier …show more content…
If a man knew his fate (Achilles) he accepted it, those not knowing their fate still were controlled by it. All fiction/nonfiction/life breaks down to fate, in this case moera was a goddess to whom even Zeus was subject to. For the Ancient Greeks the Iliad and the Odyssey told them how Greece had come to be the dominant power in the western Mediterranean, and also showed them what sort of people their gods were, and how those gods behaved. The Iliad and the Odyssey (and possibly some other epics, which have now been lost) were what the Greeks had instead of history books, and also what they had instead of a Bible. This shows how the Greeks turned to the Iliad for advice on everything: what is the correct way to pray, which is the best way to bake bread, or mend your chariot (fix your car) - it is all in the Iliad (or the Odyssey). It may seem funny to us these days that people would go to the Iliad to find out how to fix a broken chariot wheel - but things haven't changed so much. There are still people in America who think you can teach archaeology, and even genetics, from the