Achaeans

the role of women and the main characters in The Iliad and Salammbo differed, but their relationships with their companions, friends and family were comparable through both writings. The setting of The Iliad occurred in the city of Troy, where the Achaeans and Trojans are at war. Achilles who is a strong warrior for the…

Troy and the Achaeans, which was highly looked upon by many Greeks. The Iliad shows how the ancient Greeks revered warriors, through figurative language, being honorable, and having courage. The Greeks praised the fact that their warriors had courage and were never cowardly. Greek warriors would never give up on a war, even if their ruler was commanding them to return home in defeat because not only is it humiliating but it is cowardly. In The Iliad, Odysseus motivates the Achaean army by…

Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, Homer’s The Iliad, Karl Marlantes’s What it is Like to Go to War provide a more personal, intimate perspective in the lives and mentality of soldiers - in these three works, the soldiers are not necessarily portrayed as the stereotypical invincible and fearless warriors, but more as humans as the authors expose their mistakes, weaknesses, and emotions. However, one of the key factors that helps enhance the readers’ emotional connection to the soldiers in…

is also the king of Uruk, a shepherd to his people. Comparable to Gilgamesh are son of Zeus, Achilles and son of Atreus, Agamemnon. Achilles possesses superhuman strength and is marked as the mightiest man on Earth, while Agamemnon is the king of Achaeans with prideful streak. Even though Agamemnon and Gilgamesh both shares kingship, and Achilles is gifted godlike strength like Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh proves he’s superior as an iconic hero.…

“Sing, goddess, of Achilles ruinous anger which brought ten thousand pains to the Achaeans, and cast the souls of many stalwart heroes to Hades, and their bodies to the dogs and birds of prey.” Achilles was the central character and greatest warrior in Homer’s Iliad. This epic poem begins with a quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles over a female that had been awarded to Achilles as a prize of honor. Agamemnon takes the woman and Achilles withdraws from fighting in a rage and remains withdrawn…

war begins because he values justice and the true fate of the mortals based on only their decisions. He does not directly interfere with the mortals to give them advantages over the each opposing side and does not favor neither the Trojans nor the Achaeans. However, there is a bit of flexibility with Zeus’s will when Homer manipulates the will of Zeus to give or withhold glory from each side of the war. Homer manipulates this by using the other gods to interfere in the war by giving the mortals…

Achilles and Hector’s differing temperaments, values, and personalities. One of the most central conflicts in the epic poem is between Achilles and Agamemnon. It begins when the Achaeans sack a Trojan-allied town and capture two sought-after maidens, Chryseis and Briseis. Agamemnon, the acting commander-in-chief of the Achaean army, takes…

Homer. In fact, his character portrayal is so prevalent that Homer seems to use Odysseus to embody the merits of cunning and rhetoric, thus showing what he believes to be apart of a leader 's character. The same logic can be applied to the other Achaean leaders: Homer uses Ajax to show the value of brute strength, and Diomedes to show good character and fighting skill. From these ideas, some of the main concepts of Homeric leadership become evident: A leader, as defined by Homer, is one who is…

while the gods in Medea by Euripides remain passive. In the Iliad, the goddess Athena acts on behalf of the Achaeans multiple times. In Medea, the gods allow Medea to commit horrible acts and do not intervene (on or against her behalf) until the very end. In both works, the relationships between the gods and humans expose the frailty of human nature. Throughout the Iliad, Athena helps the Achaeans claim victory over the Trojans. Athena resents the city of Troy because Paris gave Aphrodite the…

Although he meets his match in Achilles, he wreaks havoc on the Achaean army during Achilles’ period of absence. He leads the assault that finally penetrates the Achaean ramparts, he is the first and only Trojan to set fire to an Achaean ship, and he kills Patroclus. Yet his leadership contains discernible flaws, especially toward the end of the epic, when the participation of first Patroclus and then Achilles reinvigorates the Achaean army. He demonstrates a certain cowardice when, twice in…