Achaeans

Book 1: What is the theme expressed in the first line of the poem? What request does Chryses make of Agamemnon? What is the reaction of the Achaeans, also known as the Greeks, the Danaans, and the Argives? What is Agamemnon’s response? Why does Chrses pray to Apollo and what prayer does he make? How does Apollo answer his prayer? What advice does Achilleus give to Agamemnon in the midst of the plague? What does Kalchas fear? What effect will Achilleus’s promise to protect Kalchas have on…

ridicule fighting for honor; by equating Achilles’ grudge against Agamemnon with the larger purpose of the Trojan War, Homer casts war, glory, and honor in a light that both exposes their vacuity and proves their uselessness. Homer parallels the Achaeans’ conflict against the Trojans to win back Helen to Achilles’ struggle with Agamemnon over Briseis to argue that the reasons for war often do not justify the act itself. The Iliad opens by simultaneously presenting the contention between…

Homer described the female characters in The Odyssey differently compare to other epic poems. Before, the society were dominant by male and female’s roles were basically limited to only childbirth and household duties. The idea of the woman cannot accomplish anything without the help of man is common. Female characters in The Odyssey is rather distinctive. Female characters in The Odyssey are strong, influential and smart. In The Odyssey, women has the qualities that cannot be found on men. Men…

The exchange between Hector and his wife, Andromache, adds a warm touch to Iliad. They treat each other with love, tenderness and respect; Homer depicts Hector as a family-orientated man. Andromache knows the drawbacks in Hector’s personality very well; in the dialogue, she points out that Hector is—“reckless” and has self-destroying “fiery courage”.(VI. 482) Despite being the mightiest warrior in the Trojan army, Hector is an imprudent leader, acting arbitrarily and failing to take other’s…

For example, in Book Two of The Iliad, Odysseus appears when he is called upon by Athena to inspire the low moral of the fleeting, Achaean soldiers. Odysseus’ effective speech encouraged and inevitably restored confidence back into Achaean warriors. In Book Four, Odysseus’s bravery is shown when archer Pandarus initiates war, when he wounds Menelaus with an arrow, in which Odysseus is noticed as a noble warrior who kills a number of…

prompted him to leave the battle, rather than keeping him in it as Nestor had hoped it would. Later into the epic, Achilles has acted on his rage, and he has abandoned the Achaeans, leaving them to suffer at the will of Zeus and the Trojan armies. Agamemnon sends three ambassadors to bring Achilles back, offering huge amounts of treasures, but he still refuses. Phoenix, who was the caretaker of Achilles when Achilles was young, asks him to be more flexible, and tells him the story of Meleager.…

part is done far more surreptitiously. Achilles finally agrees to take part in the war effort. He allowed his best friend Patroclus to join the battle and wear his personal armor (amor thought to behold great powers). The Trojans, were winning the Achaeans and Achilles’ unit the Myrmidon soldiers are permitted to go fight for Agamemnon as well. At first glance, Achilles’ gift to Patroclus was an honorable gesture, he was supporting a war that needed to be fought for the Athenian honor, after…

Compassion is an emotion all humans feel. It allows people to help others, without expecting anything in return for their good deeds. Humans have felt these emotions through history. One time in particular is in The Aeneid “Book II: How They Took the City,” where the Trojans use their compassion to help a Greek named Sinon, who says the Greeks kicked him out of his home. Virgil’s characters help Sinon feel at home in their city after he gives a speech. Virgil uses the Trojan’s compassion towards…

Achilleus shall then kill Hektor. (15.64-68) marks the beginning of the greater role of Patroklos. The role to rekindle Achilleus back to the battlefield. Patroklos is eager to fight after being convinced by Nestor, and when he encounters the havoc of Achaeans in the battlefield. Compassionate Patroklos sheds tears in-front of stone-hearted Achilleus who makes fun of him by saying, “Why then/ are you crying like some poor little girl, Patroklos” (16.6). Moreover, the statement of Patroklos “Give…

sarcastic tone because the author blames Helen too of what happened. We see how Homer explains that it was Helen’s fault because she caused the war to occur. Helen was the main reason why everything started, but even before that, the Trojans and Achaeans had a conflict so this was just a trigger to start a…