o 19) The Iliad: Book XXIV: Achilles and Priam
Summary: This section focuses on the immediate aftermath of Hector’s murder. The gods step in and Apollo protects Hector’s corpse and Zeus gets Thetis to convince Achilles to ransom Hector to Priam. Hermes guides Priam with his treasure to Achilles’s tent for the ransom exchange. The ransom exchange happens and Priam leaves in the middle of the night with Hector’s corpse. The Trojans are aroused and upset with they see Hector and ten days later, Hector is at peace.
Commentary: This is where the ultimate battle between Achilles and Hector shall finally end. Hector’s family can finally grieve as Achilles did with Patroclus. I’m glad Achilles surrendered over the body and I’m glad he came to the realization that what he was doing was wrong. Achilles has completed his biggest task and done so with success. I guess one could say that the story ended peacefully, but at least it ended with validation from both sides in one …show more content…
Odysseus and his men first end up to the land owned by Aeolus. He gives Odysseus a bag of winds to help Odysseus and his men find their way home. While on the way home, accusations arose and the men opened the bag. The men spiraled all the way back to Aeolus’s land only this time, he refused to help the men again. The men began to row and made it to the land of the Laestrygonians. These giants wanted to eat Odysseus and his men, almost like the Cyclops scenario all over again. When the men fled, their ships were pelted and sunk except for the ship of Odysseus, which made its way to the island of the Circe. Circe gives the men drugs to turn them to pigs. Under the advice of Hermes, Odysseus ends up overcoming Circe and living with her for a while before trying again to get home. When Odysseus tries to leave he leans that one of his men had fallen off of a roof and broken his
Summary: This section focuses on the immediate aftermath of Hector’s murder. The gods step in and Apollo protects Hector’s corpse and Zeus gets Thetis to convince Achilles to ransom Hector to Priam. Hermes guides Priam with his treasure to Achilles’s tent for the ransom exchange. The ransom exchange happens and Priam leaves in the middle of the night with Hector’s corpse. The Trojans are aroused and upset with they see Hector and ten days later, Hector is at peace.
Commentary: This is where the ultimate battle between Achilles and Hector shall finally end. Hector’s family can finally grieve as Achilles did with Patroclus. I’m glad Achilles surrendered over the body and I’m glad he came to the realization that what he was doing was wrong. Achilles has completed his biggest task and done so with success. I guess one could say that the story ended peacefully, but at least it ended with validation from both sides in one …show more content…
Odysseus and his men first end up to the land owned by Aeolus. He gives Odysseus a bag of winds to help Odysseus and his men find their way home. While on the way home, accusations arose and the men opened the bag. The men spiraled all the way back to Aeolus’s land only this time, he refused to help the men again. The men began to row and made it to the land of the Laestrygonians. These giants wanted to eat Odysseus and his men, almost like the Cyclops scenario all over again. When the men fled, their ships were pelted and sunk except for the ship of Odysseus, which made its way to the island of the Circe. Circe gives the men drugs to turn them to pigs. Under the advice of Hermes, Odysseus ends up overcoming Circe and living with her for a while before trying again to get home. When Odysseus tries to leave he leans that one of his men had fallen off of a roof and broken his