Achilles

Achilles is wrong to reject the embassy because what he wants in return is unreasonable, he lets his injured pride cloud his judgment, and he disregards and endangers the lives of others around him. By rejecting the embassy, Achilles wants infeasible things in compensation: a complete humbling of Agamemnon and sense of superiority over him. Both Achilles and Agamemnon can be seen as superior in their own rights: Achilles with his physical prowess in battle and Agamemnon with his political…

story of the Trojan War told as it is in the Iliad, Achilles’ quest to acquire fame and immortality from his heroics in the great Trojan War, but in the end he succumbs to his arrogance and its consequences. The film Troy shows a glamorized version of the story we know about the war. It tells the story of Achilles’ journey and transformation from a hero who wants fame and glory for his actions to a man who only wants to find love. Achilles is a hero who has been named the greatest of the…

In the novel of the Iliad by Homer, the principal protagonist in the novel Achilles has many multiple and conflicting motivations in which make him a complex character. The author Homer was a man of complexity himself, he was the creator of the novel named Odyssey as well as the Iliad, and was considered to be one of the great epic poets of his time. A complex character, as well known as a dynamic character, is highly developed and complex, meaning they have a variety of traits and different…

Illiad: Achilles and Hector Homer’s poems, “The Iliad” and “The Odessy”, are considered masterpieces due to their complexity and the age of their work. Homer’s identity is mysterious. There are various theories about him, about where he was from or whether he existed as a single person; there is a theory of Homer being a group of poets. The Iliad, is and epic poem by Homer in which war is described. Gods and humans take part on this epic poem. The Iliad, considered one of the world’s greatest…

translated by Ian Johnston, Achilles represents a true hero by being an independent, strong-willed warrior. Achilles, son of Peleus and Thetis, is a noble demigod fighting alongside the Greeks and their leader Agamemnon in the Trojan War. He illustrates heroism by being a leader, ability to endure hardships, and by being true to himself. When Agamemnon refuses to return war prisoner, Chryseis to her father, the Greeks face Apollo’s wrath for nine days. On the tenth day Achilles calls for an…

In Homer’s The Iliad, Achilles portrays the concept of a devastating hero. Throughout many of his experiences in the Trojan War, his heroic qualities are shown through his actions. Similar to Achilles, in Plato’s The Trial and Death of Socrates, Socrates shows plenty of heroic characteristics. Through his trial and unfortunate death, Socrates expresses that his commitment to his society is genuine and real. Both Socrates and Achilles have characteristics that stray from the accepted standards of…

people still have today. Achilles, a skilled fighter and known for it along with accomplishments, had his own reason for his action throughout. And when it would come down to the embassies between Agamemnon’s and Priam, we see both selfness and moments of kindness. It would be decision that would present the biggest gain in the direction Achilles was looking for, which Priam was successful in that fact. The reason being that Priam embassy offered effort in helping Achilles reach his goal of…

occurred under the oath of the gods. In The Iliad, Achilles' handling destruction of Hector is self-destructive through physical actions. Hector is clothed with Achilles' formal armor, the armor that was given to Patroclus from Achilles was removed. Through the perspective of the armor, this building made Patroclus represent Achilles into a mirroring picture of him. As a consideration to the armor, Hector slaughter becomes an even more unsettling…

Overall, Achilles’ brutality was exceptional and even the gods took pity on Hector which demonstrates the severity of Achilles actions as the Greek gods were amoral and rarely showed sympathy towards mankind. This demonstrates the extent of Achilles’ fury and hatred towards Hector for killing Patroclus. Another important aspect of the Iliad is the involvement of gods in comparison to their almost total absence in Troy. In the Iliad, the gods have a massive influence on the course of war. This…

duty. In the other hand, Achilles is a well-known warrior that possesses extraordinary strength and has a close relationship with the gods. Achilles is also willing to sacrifice everything just so his name will be remembered; he also has a thirst for glory. Achilles has a problem by not controlling his pride and rage when his pride is injured; especially after Petroclus’s death Achilles forwarded all of his rage into Hector. That could tell us a lot about the way Achilles would react if Krishna…