Briseis

Greeks pillaged a town and both Agamemnon and Achilles receive a woman as their prize. Agamemnon was forced to return the woman that he had taken, Chryseis, because she was a priestess of Apollo. Because of this, he demanded that Achilles’ woman, Briseis, was given to him. Achilles refused this and because of his excessive pride, this led to a lot of fighting between him and Agamemnon. Due to this, Achilles refused to let the Myrmidons, his people, fight in the war, and the Trojans started to…

Written in two different times, The Iliad by Homer and by The Aeneids by Virgil focuses on two war heroes and the paths they must take. Homer makes Achilles a Greek who is fated to destroy the city of the Trojans. Virgil, who was inspired Homer, came to create a Trojan named Aeneas and his quest to eventually settle on the foundations of rome. The Greek influence on Homer’s story, and certain themes like the gods and mythos, carried mixed in and carried over with Roman influence. What is…

treated him and how he was just going to leave it in the past. Which leads to another argumentative characteristic, having high expectations of what they would like from others. He had forgotten about how he would have received the wonderful gifts with Briseis and many other gifts, too. For example, in book one he had said, "Since, my mother, you bore me to be a man with a short life, therefore Zeus of loud thunder on Olympos should grant me honor at least. But now he has given me not even a…

Final Essay Rough Draft: The Question of Virtue The question of virtue is addressed differently in the ancient Greece and Rome, later classical Greece and Rome, and in Christianity. In the Ancient Western virtue is the honor code, and in the later classical Greece and Rome world virtue was seen more as an internal orientation. Then, later on, in Christianity, virtue was something received by God’s grace in which was gifted when one seeks the right relationship with God and believing in Jesus…

war is meant to be a communal effort. In terms of The Iliad Achilles is put under the command of Agamemnon and is supposed to present his loyalty to Menelaus and Agamemnon. Once Agamemnon takes Briseis away from Achilles, it seems as if his ego has immediately diminished and his pride has been lost. Briseis is a symbol of a prize in the eyes of a warrior, once Achilles is stripped of his prize he withdraws from the war and unleashes his beast like wrath on Agamemnon. In ancient Greece honor…

Ancient Greek has influenced most of our society today. The teachings that were brought about have remained important in everyday life. Many base their laws and ethics on Ancient Greek. Greek implemented their names morals of intelligence, glory, loyalty and hospitality to shape their own culture. The text The Iliad recognizes heros are the essence in society which they come from. Honor and glory describe a true hero. Major battles and heroic deeds and actions provided hope to find glory.…

Patroclus join the fight not out of love for his fellow Achaean, but for his own self gain. An example of this occurs in book 16 where Achilles says “Win me my honor, my glory and my honor from all the greeks, and, as their restitution, the girl Briseis, and many other gifts”. This represents the pride and greed that is shown by Achilles even to his best friend. His actions out of revenge and personal gain led to his closest friend’s death. Many people assume that Patroclus’s death made Achilles…

Eli Johnson Ms. Windish English II 11/22/16 Achilles today is now known as a Hero and a Legend, but was once known as a man who was simply born into greatness. His father was Peleus King of the Myrmidons, and his mother was a Nymph named Thetis. When Achilles was first born, his mother wanted him to be safe and therefore came up with idea to bath him in the Styx river to make him immortal, but she held him by his heels when she dipped him in so that was the only part of his body that wasn’t…

Achilles decided to run his operations away from the program and order set by Agamemnon. Achilles felt unrecognized and disrespected when he did not receive his desired portion of the plunder from the battle. He also had issues with Agamemnon for taking Briseis away, and that make him withdrawn from joining any…

Though there are many works from ancient Greece that survived, there are two authors that are the most well-known or frequently taught. Homer’s two epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are perhaps the most well-known, because of the heroes epic battles of strength and wit against those deemed as enemies. Hesiod’s Works and Days, however, may be the most pertinent to finding out how everyday citizens of ancient Greece went about their everyday lives. These epics detail the lives of both…