Achilles tendon

In Book 9 of The Iliad, Odysseus and Ajax go to Achilles in order to try to spur him into battle. However, Achilles wants nothing of it. Instead he becomes rather morbid and says to his once brothers’ in arms: “One and the same lot for the man who hangs back and the man who battles hard. The same honor waits for the coward and the brave. They both go down to Death,...” (9:385-587) It is debated whether Achilles was actually contemplating on a rather melancholy truth of life, or if he was just…

Collin Simpson June 21, 2016 Greek Final Part Two Professor M. Demos When a book is adapted into a film, it usually goes one of two ways. The first is that the film closely follows the source material, with a few minor variations. The second option is that the film takes a far different route from the book, with sometimes so many changes that it is almost unrecognizable from the original source material. The tragic Greek play, Iphigenia in Aulis, written by the playwright Euripides, when…

Long ago, in Mount Olympus there were two gods named Poseidon (the god of water) and Glacia (the goddess of ice). One day, Zeus came up with a contest! That contest was set up to see who are the most creative and helpful gods/goddesses. All the gods and goddesses started competing, but Poseidon and Glacia in particular were extremely competitive. They worried that they were too similar, and that one of them would lose to the other. “I’m Way better than you!” Glacia says. “No!I’m better!”…

Using sand, water, and a scale model of an ancient Egyptian transport sled, a team of Dutch engineers have answered a permanent question: “How on Earth were the pyramids of Egypt built?” the traditional Egyptians had neither wheels nor work animals, that the big blocks, every advisement a minimum of two.5 tons, had to be moved through human muscle power alone. however untilrecently, no one very knew however. The answer, it seems, is just water. proof suggests that the blocks were 1st levered…

While many readers may dismiss Achilles as nothing more than “that guy who died because of his heel,” his character is actually quite complex. He is both flawed and worthy of admiration, as the vast majority of all human beings are. His passionate emotions and ambition, as well as his deep sense of justice, create a well-rounded central character with whom the reader can sympathize. In The Iliad, Achilles seems to feel nothing in half-measures. He is controlled by his very strong and passionate…

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. Meleager, like Achilles, was full of rage. He was the best fighter…

of Homeric Heroes who lived based on criteria set by the Homeric Code. One of the main duties of a Homeric Hero based on the Homeric Code is to fight for one’s homeland. The Apollonian Guard, a land force of the Trojans, was led by Hector. Before, Achilles and the Mermadons attack the beach of Troy Hector gives the Apollonian guard a pep talk. In this speech Hector says, “Honor gods, love your woman, [and] defend your country. Troy is mother to us all- fight for her.” This shows what was…

Lastly, after arriving in Italy, Juno further attempts to disrupt the actions of the Trojans by pitting the native Latins against them. She accomplishes this by sending Allecto, a fury, to infiltrate and infect the minds of Amata, King Latinus’ wife, and Turnus, a politically powerful suitor and warrior, causing them to meet the Trojans with hostility inciting the rest of the Latins against them. This inevitably leads to the Trojans and Latins going to war; the Trojans led by Aeneas, and the…

The purpose of virtue is to provide a moral guide to our actions and to prevent people from making ill-reasoned decisions and creating toxic habits. Throughout the story of the Iliad, human virtue seems to take a back-seat to pride, honor, glory and a seemingly endless list of selfish traits, but it does on more than one occasion take center-stage. One occurrence of human virtue being a present was the humility of Agamemnon. In the midst of war, the Achaean army saw defeat slowly creeping upon…

was he virtuous, but Aeneas was also accomplished. He did not just found a new Troy, but he also led his countrymen there. He survived Juno’s obstacles and fought the Italian tribes to establish a land for his own people. He even killed the second Achilles, Turnus. He managed all this because he served his country well and dutifully by putting his people before himself. Along with these achievements, his greatest achievement was establishing…