Briseis

and Briseis. When the Achaeans seize Chryse, an ally of Troy, both Agamemnon and Achilles, takes the women as their war prizes. In addition, Helen also viewed as a prize, when she is the most beautiful mortal woman during the Decision of Paris. A mortal man, Hector, is depicted as a fierce Trojan warrior. As he goes through war, he seeks war-glory, as most men do in ancient Greek culture. Achilles, the Trojan hero, also portrays a warrior in the story. The two characters, Chryseis and Briseis,…

The many women in The Iliad have had a profound effect on the story as a whole, and to this day, researchers still study the role they played in Homer’s great works. Palladas’ view towards the women in the Homeric plays, specifically The Iliad is greatly misconstrued and incorrect. Palladas’ view of women being the sole cause of the terror and destruction in the poem is not quite accurate. The extent to which his claim of women being dangerous and the cause of all the problems in the poem is…

because even though he has chosen to ask for the help, he still cannot face his problem. He offers many wonderful prizes in exchange for the help of Achilles with one of the most prominent being the return of Briseïs, “unharmed.” The fact that Agamemnon not once shared a bed with Briseïs further demonstrates the point that his taking her was only for the gain of…

soldiers. Agamemnon offends Achilles severely when he requires Achilles to give him his woman Briseis, whom Achilles loved. Achilles withdraws from the battle knowing that the Greek armies cannot win without his participation. Achilles has several flaws, though he has lived by the heroic code all of his life. He is too proud, which keeps him from accepting apologies from Agamemnon for his taking Briseis. In addition, Achilles has difficulty containing his anger. Other than with Patroklos,…

be selfish and immoral when he is angry. Two specific instances occur when Achilles refuses to fight in the war, and when he mistreats Hector’s body. Achilles’ selfish and immoral rage begins after Agamemnon demands that Achilles’ gives him Briseis. Briseis was a war prize for Achilles’, and Achilles feels that he is being dishonored by Agamemnon. Achilles relates his battle with Agamemnon to Paris' kidnapping of Helen, and relates himself to Menelaos. Achilles feels that…

Iliad numerous times which represents his downfall. After winning Briseis as a war prize, Agamemnon browbeats Achilles into giving her back. Agamemnon states, “I will myself come to your tent and take the fair-cheeked Briseis, your prize, so that you will understand how much mightier I am than you” (Book I, 185). In Greek society, it was very common for a great warrior to be gifted a wife as a war prize for victory. Agamemnon gave Briseis to Achilles for his victories in war; however, Agamemnon…

Women in the Iliad Throughout “The Iliad” many women figures were written in the text to explain their roles. The women could have been seen as a non important figure. The women such as Helen, Briseis, Andromache, Athena, and many more, are picked up throughout the story helping the men and starting the battles between them. Men were mostly the main characters in the stories, but the women portray it with them helping men, the ones’ who started the battles between one another, and how women…

As a result of their glorious victory they fend off the trojans and capture a slave girl named Briseis a cousin to Paris and Hector meaning she is royalty, this slave girl is then given to Achilles. Later on Achilles is called upon to Agamemnon and he goes to see him and when he arrives he is shocked to find that he has Briseis. Achilles then threatens Agamemnon to leave Briseis alone but he refuses and offends Achilles as a result of this leaves and decides he will go back home. In the…

"What god drove them to fight with such fury?" The Iliad, written by Homer, a Greek poet, was a story that outlined the war between the Greeks and the Trojans. Books 1, 6, 22, and 24 takes us through a journey first about Agamemnon, Achilles and their victims. Then about Hector, Paris ' brother going away to battle and his wife mourning his death prematurely, then Hector dying in book 22. And lastly book 24 illustrates Hectors father, Priam, king of Troy, begging Achilles to accept his ransom…

when Apollo “quake[s] with rage “(1.53) and answers Chryses’s prayer. Agamemnon second huge mistake comes later in the book. Homer writes,” …. to take Briseis in all her beauty, your own prize—so you can learn just how much greater I am than you …. From hoping to rival Agamemnon strength for strength!” (1.18,19,21). Agamemnon decides that he wants Briseis, the swift runner Achilles ’s war wife if Apollo takes back Chrysies back to her father. But Brilliant Achilles was not taking Agamemnon…