Hector Berlioz

In “Shield of Achilles,” Homer presents a society in which there exists war, immorality, injustice, chaos and punishment that is contrasted with peace, happiness, order and festivals. This juxtaposition between these two types of scenes create the image of a society in which there is a constant pattern of hope followed by sudden and unexpected disappointment. For example, in one of the scenes on the shield, Homer depicts a town with peaceful livestock and shepherds that “had not so much of a…

eat anything, since he has not yet slain Hector, but eventually has his stomach filled by Athena. This occurs after he sits near Patroclus reminiscing. Achilles enters the battle accepting his fate and ready to fight for his fallen friend. The Gods consider getting involved in the battle, but ultimately decide against it. This makes me wonder if fate is really predestined, or if the Gods do have some say in how events will play out and to change fate. Hector runs to face Achilles before he is…

their lives in the way for their country and army. Yet he is a destroying and disrespectful Warrior with no respect to another solider after he kills him. Achilles is more sinning than sinned because he will kill anyone standing in his way, he killed Hector, and he disrespected Hector’s body after killing him. Achilles is a sinning and appalling warrior with no mercy towards any other human being other than his own kind. He is the Greek’s greatest warrior, claiming the most heads out…

true when exploring the contrasts between Hector and Achilles, heroes from the great war tale, The Illiad. Hector proves to be a more admirable character than Achilles when presented in The Illiad and the movie Troy, through his noble characteristics that surpass that of his demigod enemy. Hector’s qualities of respect, wisdom and strategy, and bravery are what categorizes him as an…

Taking the old man’s hand he gently moved him back. And overpowered by memory both men gave way to grief. Priam wept freely for man-killing Hector, throbbing, crouching before Achilles’ feet as Achilles wept himself, now for his father, now for Patroclus once again, and their sobbing rose and fell throughout the house.” (XXIV. ll. 592-599) In the end, Achilles remembers his humanity by taking…

Achilles was very hesitant to release Hector’s body to his father King Priam. “Don’t provoke me, old man. It’s my own decision to release Hector to you….” (Homer 172). Achilles didn’t want Hector’s father sleeping in the same hut so he told Priam to sleep outside because of the one of his people would see him. “You will have to sleep outside, dear Priam… One of the Achaean counselors may come…

features appear hellish, matching his unsympathetic eyes from intoxication. “Is that what you’re worried about, food and shelter?” Joth asked, impatiently. It was the first wine he’d consumed since losing his gold to Sargus that fateful night in Rome. “We’re great heroes, Rinka. Arminius will reward us for saving the rebellion from disaster. And I would join him on any military campaign. I only pray to the North Gods that Arminius finds me worthy enough to be one of his followers.” Rinka…

Patroclus is the hero of The Iliad because he is more concerned with saving the lives of his fellow Greek soldiers than in preserving himself and because he is able to perform tasks that no one else could such as convincing Achilles to let him take the Myrmidons to battle while wearing Achilles’ armor, leaping his chariot with the immortal horses over a daunting trench, and dying in battle, giving Achilles the will to fight for the Greeks. After the battle over Troy's city has raged and killed…

stands out in the story is hector. The hero that stands out in the story is Hector. Even though he dies tragically by Achilles and doesn’t protect his people as best as he could. He shows the lives of the people are more important than his. The first characteristic that he shows is that he risks his life. He did this when he fought his last battle against Achilles. Hector said “I led the Trojans. Their defeat is my fault.’ He said that as he went up too fight Achilles, Hector was having…

Aristotle once said: “the man who is incapable of working in common, or who in his self-sufficiency has no need of others, is no part of the community, and is like a beast or a god”. Achilles, the main character of Homer’s the Iliad, is the character that is portraited everything Aristotle said precisely. The Iliad is a story about the Greek army in the Trojan war. However, we can see that Achilles’ personalities are described almost throughout the story. Achilles is known as the greatest…