The first contrast between Homer and Benioff’s rendition is found in the modern tendency to tie up loose ends. Troy is a two and a half hour film, and the Illiad is only one poem of the Greek oral poetry tradition. In oral poetry there are no spoilers. Greeks know about the rage of Achilles, the death of Hektor and the fall of Troy before they enjoy a bard’s song. Because of this, Homer is able to begin his epic in “medias reis”, while Benioff is confined by exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement. The Trojan War has been raging for more than a …show more content…
Divine intervention was barely mentioned in Troy. In the beginning of the movie, when Achilles finds his immortal mother in a tidal pool collecting shells, she foretells of his fate: “If you stay in Larissa, you will find peace…if you go to Troy you will be remembered, but you will die.” This is foreshadowing in its purest form for us modern viewers, but Achilles fate was known far and wide by the time an individual in Homer’s time got a chance to listen to a Bard sing of Achilles’ rage. Thetis sets up the plot for us, and then takes a back