In The Iliad of Homer Hephaistos gives Achilleus a new shield because he wanted to give the Achaians an advantage and attempt to scare the Trojans into thinking that Patroklos was Achilleus. However his plan failed. Patroklos died with Achilleus’s armor on because Achilleus lent it to Patroklos and prayed he would come home safe, this did not happen and Hektor killed him. The armor, stolen, his body, surrounded by an army. Achilleus’s mother, Thetis, asked Hephaistos to make a shield and new armor for Achilleus. Hephaistos agrees with her, not wanting Thetis’s son to mourn his friend 's death anymore. This is why he chooses to make the armor out of exquisite metals, such as gold and silver, and to decorate the shield with elaborate images and
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The cities each have their own ideas to keep their citizens content. Although they still both have conflicts, they chose to resolve them in completely different ways. The first city, which had two men arguing over a blood price, went to a group of elders which decided who had the correct opinion. “The two men rushed before these, and took turns speaking their cases,/ and between them lay on the ground two talents of gold, to be given/ on that judge who in this case spoke the straightest opinion.” (XVIII.506-08). In contrast, the other city, being prepared for war and stood ready for conflict while their women and children were watching from the ramparts. Ares and Athene, both war gods, are observing them watching and waiting for them to decide what to do from above wearing huge gold armor. “For one side counsel was divided / whether to storm and sack or share between both sides the property / and all the possessions the lovely citadel held hard within it.”(XVIII.510-13). Achilleus is able to see this when presented with his new …show more content…
When given the shield Achilleus is reflecting his emotions regarding Patroklos’s death. He has anger in his eyes when he first shown the shield which tells the reader that he feels angry over Patroklos’s death because even though Achilleus prayed to the gods to let his friend come home safely, his prayers were not answered and Patroklos’s life was lost in the battle. When Thetis presented the armor to her son, not one person except for Achilleus possessed the courage inside of them to look at the extravagant armor except for Achilleus, who stared straight at it studying all of the the intricate designs that Hephaistos put onto the newly crafted shield. This suggests that Achilleus is the bravest out of the people surrounding Patroklos’s body, even though he was just sobbing into his deceased friend 's body. The only one that can calm him down is Thetis, his mother, who manages to coax him away telling him that Patroklos should die the way he was
The cities each have their own ideas to keep their citizens content. Although they still both have conflicts, they chose to resolve them in completely different ways. The first city, which had two men arguing over a blood price, went to a group of elders which decided who had the correct opinion. “The two men rushed before these, and took turns speaking their cases,/ and between them lay on the ground two talents of gold, to be given/ on that judge who in this case spoke the straightest opinion.” (XVIII.506-08). In contrast, the other city, being prepared for war and stood ready for conflict while their women and children were watching from the ramparts. Ares and Athene, both war gods, are observing them watching and waiting for them to decide what to do from above wearing huge gold armor. “For one side counsel was divided / whether to storm and sack or share between both sides the property / and all the possessions the lovely citadel held hard within it.”(XVIII.510-13). Achilleus is able to see this when presented with his new …show more content…
When given the shield Achilleus is reflecting his emotions regarding Patroklos’s death. He has anger in his eyes when he first shown the shield which tells the reader that he feels angry over Patroklos’s death because even though Achilleus prayed to the gods to let his friend come home safely, his prayers were not answered and Patroklos’s life was lost in the battle. When Thetis presented the armor to her son, not one person except for Achilleus possessed the courage inside of them to look at the extravagant armor except for Achilleus, who stared straight at it studying all of the the intricate designs that Hephaistos put onto the newly crafted shield. This suggests that Achilleus is the bravest out of the people surrounding Patroklos’s body, even though he was just sobbing into his deceased friend 's body. The only one that can calm him down is Thetis, his mother, who manages to coax him away telling him that Patroklos should die the way he was