Achaeans

recurrently. Achilles gets disrespected by the leader of the Achaeans during the Trojan War. Odysseus is trapped on the island of the sea goddess Calypso. When Achilles’ prize woman gets stolen, he says to his mother: “For wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, has shamed me, has taken away my prize, appropriated it for his own use.”(The Iliad pg. ln.). He is in the middle of a war and all he is worried about is his prize. Countless Achaean soldiers are dying, because his feelings are hurt; he is…

In The Iliad, Homer plays with the ideas that Zeus, the god and leader of all, may not be in charge after all. Many times during the text, Zeus bends to the wills of prophecies, mortals, and even other gods. As the story develops, Zeus becomes less in charge and more of a puppet for mortals and gods who want things from him. Through prophecy, Achilles, and Hera, this essay will take a look at the idea of Zeus simply being a puppet on strings in the hands of war. Zeus is the most powerful of gods…

In Homer's The Iliad, it focuses on how the mightiest warrior of the Achaean Army who’s filled with rage and bloodlust, undergoes a transformation. At the end of The Iliad, Achilles has slain Hector and humiliated the Trojan prince by dragging his body around on the ground from the back of his chariot. Mourning and begging, King Priam meets and pleads with Achilles to have his dead son Hector back for a proper burial. Achilles savageness and cruelty does not cease until King Priam reminds him of…

him, while he was wearing it. The armor sparkled and blinded the opponents as he crushed his way through the Trojan defenses. Achilles was eventually killed. The Trojans wanted Achilles dead body and armor to degrade the Achaeans, by defiling Achilles 's body. Yet, the Achaeans wanted Achilles body and his armor back so they could honor him and give Achilles a proper burial after his death. Odysseus and his men had fought many hours and slain many soldiers for this conquest. Finally, Odysseus…

Prevalent Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi once said “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong”. A strong, respected leader must be forgiving. However, advancement in society is founded upon politically motivated decisions. In the Iliad, Homer shows that although hierarchical societies rely on self-interested actions, compassion and forgiveness are essential for respected leadership. The imagery of the wolves symbolizes the hierarchy that is present in the society of…

Identity has and will always be an integral part of personal acceptance and societal expectations. The values that one holds dear are of the utmost importance in determining one’s identity as both an individual and member of society. Through believing in the same values, a strong, unified society can be created, however, believing in different values within one society can cause weakness and internal conflicts. Both of the civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Mesopotamia are considered to…

Themes are very important to and type of text. Themes are presented to the audience in many different ways. For example, authors use emotional twists to present the themes of love and friendship such as William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Themes are also presented using violence. One literary work that is notorious for presenting themes using violence would be Homer’s Iliad. The Iliad is an epic poem that defines Greek culture as many have said. This epic poem recounts the events of the…

Achilles and motivate his actions. Achilles led the significant Myrmidon contingent of the Achaean fleet of 50 ships. The following is a brief outline of Achilles’ roles in the Iliad. i) Achilles clashes with Agamemnon over the former’s prize, the girl Briseis. ii) Thetis beseeches Zeus to intervene in the war by swaying the outcome in favor of the Trojans; this is on behalf of Achilles, in order to force the Achaeans to make amends to him. iii) The embassies of the Agamemnon to Achilles are…

witnessed as summoning the poetry goddess so as to sing out the anger of Achilles. In summoning the goddess of poetry, Homer tells the goddess to sing the anger of the son of Peleus that has resulted into myriad problems, devastations and ills on the Achaean population. As a contrasting response to the call made by Homer to the goddess of poetry, Achilles becomes angry with Homer and answers back swiftly He further cries out that the malicious god has drawn him away from the wall, has robbed him…

Yet the Egyptians also use the term Ekwesh which can possibly be related to Achaean. They are also referred to as having come from Argos due to the relation of the Hero-race. “As Danaos, the name-hero of the race, was King of Rhodes and Argos, these sea-Danaoi may have been Rhodian Argives” (Morritt, 2010, p 23) . Argos was a place…