Achilles

Apollo • Son of Zeus and Leto o Twin of Artemis • God of: o Music  There is an old myth about Hermes and Apollo, Apollo had a heard of cows and in the middle of the night Hermes stole 50 the best heifers. This made Apollo mad so they both went to Zeus and Hermes denied that he did it. All of a sudden Hermes pulled out his Lyre (Harp) and played a song so beautiful it made all of Mt. Olympus stop and listen. Apollo then said Music like that is well worth 50 cattle. So Hermes gave Apollo the lyre…

Achilles Tendon Rupture Extra Credit Introduction April 12, 2013: The third quarter against the Golden State Warriors, the Lakers were trying to make a push into the playoffs. Kobe dribbled, fell, and silence broke out around the Staples Center. Kobe could not get up. He held onto his left foot with a grimace on his face. Then he got up, shot 2 free throws, hobbled off of the court to sit down. March 14, 2010: Crushed dreams of playing in his fourth world cup in South…

The ancient Greeks were known for their strong warriors, who would courageously fight in the violent wars and loyally stand for their city-state. The work The Iliad written by Homer is a lengthy epic poem about the great Trojan War, which many Greek soldiers went to battle in. Throughout this story many brave soldiers dedicated their lives through honor and bravery for this tragic battle between Troy and the Achaeans, which was highly looked upon by many Greeks. The Iliad shows how the ancient…

noble heroes in written literature, who conquers the most daring of all beasts with strength and bravery that could only be matched by few, both in literature and real life. Beowulf mimics traits similar to some of the greatest Greek heroes such as Achilles and Hercules, but when comparing the hero of today to the hero Beowulf was, the hero today falls quite short of the bar that Beowulf set back in the days of his heroic reign. If Beowulf had been placed into a different era such as the Greek…

character other than their names. Regardless of some having more depth than others, all the women are portrayed in a way that only serves to advance both the plot and the character of the males. In the Iliad the story begins with a fight between Achilles and Agamemnon for a slave girl. Agamemnon is forced to give up his slave girl and demands “another prize ready for me right away” (Iliad 1.126.). The slave girls…

Do you fight for glory and to protect others or do you fight for yourself and for vengeance? Epic heroes, Beowulf and Achilles, are such people that fight for these principles/ ideals. Many people know about Beowulf and Achilles and their epic stories, but many people do not know how different they are. Beowulf fights for others and for glory, while Achilles fights for vengeance. Beowulf is an epic hero that many people know as the strongest man in the world, but many don’t know why he fights.…

Even after having a fight or flight response, his courage and bravery take over his feelings of fear and he is able to face the most feared man that fought for the Greeks, Achilles. Hector may at times make the wrong decisions which make him human, but his good doing outweighs the bad. Many heroes exist in our world, but most will not take a bullet for strangers. In both The Man in the Water and the Iliad the show extensive…

He kills Achilles’s apprentice Patroclus, who is a tough warrior in his own right. Even though Hector does run during his final battle with Achilles, he eventually stops running and fights till his death. He decides this fate earlier in the war and stays to his word, “If Achilles really has risen up again and wants to come out, he’ll find it tough going, for I will be there. I, for one, am not retreating. Maybe he’ll win, maybe I will. The War God doesn’t care…

there are rules, and simply choosing to rewrite them. The defiance of rules was paralleled in Iliad when Glaucus and Diomedes “...clasped hands, and pledged their friendship” in the no-man’s-land of the battlefield (Il 6.242), and when Priam asked Achilles to “...pity [him]” (Il 24.540). The two scenes were threaded together by their vague sense of misplacement, as though they did not fit the mold of a bold action novel. Instead, they restricted the story, limiting the war’s ability to carry on…

The gods in the Iliad control the plot line. In a very short summary of the Iliad, we can say it is the story of Achilles’ anger instigated by the gods. The Iliad is an epic where besides the anger of Achilles, and the Trojan War, the gods are a central emphasis in the book. Most of the events that occur are the result of the gods. For example, they use their power to persuade the Trojan soldiers of the battle of Troy to get the outcome they want. The gods and goddesses in the story are…