Hector Berlioz

For example, Socrates and Glaucon agree that the guardians of their ideal city would put an end to “plundering corpses” (469e). Achilles himself spends a good deal of time stripping corpses. When Hector tries to negotiate with him to prevent this action from occurring, Achilles flat-out refuses, “Hector, you are mad! Don’t talk to me of covenants!” (22.252). This is another episode in The Iliad in which it is well demonstrated why Achilles would make a terrible role model for the young guardians…

stood on the sidelines — that is, until he begged Achilleus for his armor so that he could take his place. Eventually, Patroklos angered the gods by killing Sarpedon, and Zeus, with Apollo’s help, influenced the Trojan Hector to kill Patroklos. It is clear from the text that Hector killed Patroklos, but was it really his fault? Hektor may have physically killed Patroklos, but in reality, Hektor played only a small role in the death of Patroklos. The real…

eventually affect they way future things pan out. It is no different in a literary sense, in The Iliad you have a Trojan soldier named Hector who did not want to fight in the Trojan war. Hector decides to fight, but only for honor. “I have learned to be one of the best, to fight in Troy 's first ranks, defending my father 's honor and my own” (6. 466-469). Hector 's choice to fight in the Trojan war, even though he was opposed to it, ultimately leads to his death. Achilles is a soldier in the…

god of the sun, Apollo, sees the chaos occurring on the battlefield and intervenes by hitting the armour that comes of, and has Hektor oblivious to the identity of the man he was battling killed Patroklo. elaborates deeply the demigod’s hatred for Hector after the slaughter of his loyal friend. Homer elaborates the pain Achilles feels after hearing word of Patroclus…

When a warrior dies in Homer’s Iliad and Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War, he loses his ability to take control of his own life. Having surrendered to his fate (moira), the duty to protect the fallen warrior falls upon his comrades. These warriors feel that they have a moral duty to protect the bodies of the fallen, particularly those who died in service to their communities and cities (poleis). If a man does not die in the line of duty, however, his body may not receive the same…

The exchange between Hector and his wife, Andromache, adds a warm touch to Iliad. They treat each other with love, tenderness and respect; Homer depicts Hector as a family-orientated man. Andromache knows the drawbacks in Hector’s personality very well; in the dialogue, she points out that Hector is—“reckless” and has self-destroying “fiery courage”.(VI. 482) Despite being the mightiest warrior in the Trojan army, Hector is an imprudent leader, acting arbitrarily and failing to take other’s…

Patroclus out. Apollo then incites Hector to fight Patroclus and a big fight scene breaks out between both Hector and Patroclus. They continue on fighting for quite some time, until Apollo steps in and slams Patroclus in between the shoulders to knock him down, knocked his helmet off his head, and stripped him of the armor so that he lay there defenseless. A Dardan fighter then spears Patroclus in the back and he lay on the ground arriving closer to his death. Hector approaches Patroclus and…

In Homer’s Iliad Achilles embodies the struggle of the human condition. Achilles illustrates an extreme example of every man’s battle with mortality and imperfection. Trapped between the divine and the beasts, perfect dignity and irrational savagery, man is willing to destroy himself and those around him in the pursuit of greatness. Mankind is under the false impression that the universe owes us something and this idea fuels the disappointment and bitterness that follows injustice. As seen with…

sought to avenge the boy's death.” The scene itself is the same as in the Iliad, where it was Patroclus versus Hector, now it is Pallas against Turnus. This is the only similarity between Achilles and Aeneas, where both lose complete control over the death of someone they care about, wishing they could have protected them better. With Achilles his rage drove him to abuse the body of Hector, yet with Aeneas while he had Turnus at sword point, his rage caused him to momentarily turn his back on…

In stories, such as The Iliad by Homer and The Life of Themistocles by Plutarch, two Greek characters were highly recognized as crucial to the Greek victories. In the Iliad, the character Odysseus took a great role in the victories that led to winning the long 10 years Trojan War. In the Life of Themistocles, Plutarch describes how Themistocles also played a large role in the Greek victory in defeating the Persians. These two leaders, in comparison, were both men of intellect. They often used…