Aristotle once said: “the man who is incapable of working in common, or who in his self-sufficiency has no need of others, is no part of the community, and is like a beast or a god”. Achilles, the main character of Homer’s the Iliad, is the character that is portraited everything Aristotle said precisely.
The Iliad is a story about the Greek army in the Trojan war. However, we can see that Achilles’ personalities are described almost throughout the story. Achilles is known as the greatest warrior among the Achaeans since he is invulnerable (except for the heel), and he can destroy a whole army just by his own. However, he sometimes ignores his society’s cultural norms because he sees some of its restraints- for instance, he sees many faults …show more content…
Achilles, the main character of Homer’s the Iliad, is the character that is portraited everything Aristotle said …show more content…
However, we can see that Achilles’ personalities are described almost throughout the story. Achilles is known as the greatest warrior among the Achaeans since he is invulnerable (except for the heel), and he can destroy a whole army just by his own. However, he sometimes ignores his society’s cultural norms because he sees some of its restraints- for instance, he sees many faults in the heroic codes: often too narrow and repugnant. From this personality, we can see that Achilles is a person who is incapable of working in common. As a good example for this, in the beginning of the Iliad, Achilles show some concerns about the problem of the Achaean camp: a deadly plague that is killing the soldiers. Achilles want to find out the cause of this plague; however, his king, Agamemnon will not act. Thus, Achilles decides to act by calling for an assembly of the entire army. This act is against the law since only Agamemnon can decide to convene a council, but Achilles did so in an effort to restore order to the Achaean camp. Because of that, he succeeds to return order to the camp even despite the fact that Agamemnon was the one responsible for the deadly
The Iliad is a story about the Greek army in the Trojan war. However, we can see that Achilles’ personalities are described almost throughout the story. Achilles is known as the greatest warrior among the Achaeans since he is invulnerable (except for the heel), and he can destroy a whole army just by his own. However, he sometimes ignores his society’s cultural norms because he sees some of its restraints- for instance, he sees many faults …show more content…
Achilles, the main character of Homer’s the Iliad, is the character that is portraited everything Aristotle said …show more content…
However, we can see that Achilles’ personalities are described almost throughout the story. Achilles is known as the greatest warrior among the Achaeans since he is invulnerable (except for the heel), and he can destroy a whole army just by his own. However, he sometimes ignores his society’s cultural norms because he sees some of its restraints- for instance, he sees many faults in the heroic codes: often too narrow and repugnant. From this personality, we can see that Achilles is a person who is incapable of working in common. As a good example for this, in the beginning of the Iliad, Achilles show some concerns about the problem of the Achaean camp: a deadly plague that is killing the soldiers. Achilles want to find out the cause of this plague; however, his king, Agamemnon will not act. Thus, Achilles decides to act by calling for an assembly of the entire army. This act is against the law since only Agamemnon can decide to convene a council, but Achilles did so in an effort to restore order to the Achaean camp. Because of that, he succeeds to return order to the camp even despite the fact that Agamemnon was the one responsible for the deadly