Iliad

enhancing our knowledge about a civilization’s core values and cultural beliefs. Myths, written works, and oral stories are all different forms of literature. Two central themes in Homer’s epic poem, The Iliad, provide us with many insights to ancient Greece as a civilization. Throughout The Iliad, the glorious pursuit of war preeminently serves as a driving force behind the whole poem. The poem’s heavy emphasis on pride, honor, and bravery illustrates that these ideal characteristics are also…

glory were central attributes to one’s prestige and renown. As illustrated throughout the Iliad, heroes’ lives were based upon their honor and glory in all forms. Focusing on the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles, Book I of the Iliad by Homer, explores how honor and glory define their characters along with influencing their actions and decisions. To understand the motivation of the heroes in the Iliad it is critical to have an understanding of honor and glory. By completing great…

The rise and fall of Achilles The main character in Homer’s book The Iliad is Achilles, who is a great warrior, vengeful, petty and proud. The problem he faces in the poem is that he’s very driven by the thirst of become glory to have his name known for many years. Achilles is a flawed character who cannot controlled his pride/ rage when his pride was injured; therefore causes him to leave his fellow comrades to die because of his actions. In the poem it shows us how his dear friend Patroclus…

The Trojan War was the bases for the epic The Iliad. The Iliad was a body of work also written by Greek Poet Homer, it is also an epic poem, “which recounts some of the significant events of the final weeks of the Trojan War and the Greek siege of the city of Troy.” (Gil) The Iliad was also a war that lasted for several years and ultimately ended with after the creation of the wooden horse with much help of Odysseus. The Odyssey much like the Iliad told a story mostly following the efforts of…

the plot. The Iliad and Medea are of no exception; however, the gods in the Iliad by Homer constantly interfere while the gods in Medea by Euripides remain passive. In the Iliad, the goddess Athena acts on behalf of the Achaeans multiple times. In Medea, the gods allow Medea to commit horrible acts and do not intervene (on or against her behalf) until the very end. In both works, the relationships between the gods and humans expose the frailty of human nature. Throughout the Iliad, Athena helps…

Cool and Creative Title The natural elements are incredibly destructive. From tornados to forest fires to earthquakes, nature has the power to wreak havoc on anything in its path. Homer’s The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem set in the last year of the Trojan War. Long and detailed similes are found in abundance within the poem. These similes are often used to emphasize the strength and power of warriors. While many similes compare warriors to animals, only a few compare warriors to nature.…

The title of the work is The Iliad. Type: The Iliad is an epic. Author: The name of the author is Homer. Theme: The central idea of the epic is Rage. In the beginning of the work the character, Achilles, is said to be the reason why many Greeks died during war. In the epic poem, it says that Achilles allowed his rage to control his thinking, which resulted in him removing himself from the war between the Greeks and the Trojans. Continuing throughout the work Achilles continued to allow his…

The Iliad translated by Robert Fagles, and Salammbo written by Flaubert, uses the main protagonists to depict messages about war, love, and women. Achilles is the main character in The Iliad and Salammbo is the main charter in Salammbo. Both of these characters were comparative in their qualities and interesting in their own particular manners. Both books examine the impacts of war and actions that elevate the characters to go to war. Both works show the extreme level of what people would do for…

Loyalty also means having the moral strength to be true to a person or an ideal. Thousands of years ago the ancient Greeks held fast and true to their beliefs and to the cast of characters that populated their pantheon of human-like gods. Homer’s Iliad, an epic poem of the Trojan War, shows the Greeks’ value of loyalty to their gods, their military, and to their family. In the beginning books of the story, the reader is shown the extent of the gods’ influence in decision-making of the Greeks.…

history (1100-750 B.C.E.), a famous author named Homer developed two works, which served as documentation for the time period, called The Iliad and The Odyssey that would influence future Greek and Western history to this day, serve as the basis for Greek education after the Dark Age, and offer many valuable themes useful for Greek and Western civilizations. The Iliad is thought to have been composed first between the two books, and it bases on Achilles (the hero of the Greeks), the Trojan war,…