Iliad

Book nine of the Iliad reveals a crucial resolution of conflict between Agamemnon and Achilleus. However, the resolution has become a failure in spite of the king sending ambassadors who are close to the heart of Achilleus. The Greeks experience serious blows upon several defeats and unsuccessful attempts to subdue the Trojans. It happens as what has been prayed for by Achilleus and his divine mother – Thetis. Zeus has taken side with Achilleus by strengthening the army of the Trojans in order…

The Iliad In the epic, The Iliad, in Descendants of Troy, by Sergio La Porta, Agamemnon, the King of the Greeks, and Priam, King of Troy, embark on an embassy with the intent to change Achilles’ mind, all while the Trojan War is taking place. Agamemnon’s goal was to convince the demi-god, Achilles, to continue fighting alongside the Greeks; Priam was only looking to recover the corpse of his son and Troy’s best warrior, Hector. Achilles, prideful as he is, had reasons to reject both kings, but…

There are different gods and goddesses that we encounter in The Iliad with huge knowledge. Athena who is also one of the powerful gods, asked Diomedes to injure Aphrodite which shows how being a god gives you power but not always. This is how the mortals and the gods are connected because it’s a very powerful scene in…

The war in the Iliad Was there really a war between the Trojans and the Greeks? No one knows for certain, the Greeks believed 1000 years ago their ancestors took part in the Trojan wars. If the war did happen Homer the poet did not experience it himself. Homer lived somewhere between 850 and 750 B.C. the took place in the 12th century B.C.(web). Some people believed that these stories are old traditions that was passed down orally. However, Homer has been credited for being the first to write…

Epic Hero Essay The Iliad, a 15,693 line epic poem written by Homer in around 800 B.C., is one of the first of its kind. It covers the tenth and final year of the Trojan War, in which the Achaeans lay siege on the city of Troy. Specifically, it explains the conflicts between Achilles and Agamemnon, and how they affect the Achaeans’ defeat of the Trojans. In the Iliad, Hector and Achilles are both considered Epic Heroes, but I believe that Achilles has friends and enemies that are more powerful…

In ancient times, an essential part of Greek pedagogy was the oral dissemination of epic poems that were widely known and revered by all. One of the most prominent poems is Homer’s epic, The Iliad, which successfully embodies the Greek culture and paints a picture of their idealized world. While it tells the story of the final days of the Trojan War, it also reveals fundamental Greek values concerning relationships, specifically between hosts and guests. The concept of hospitality is defined by…

Evading war exhibits poor priorities and fear. However the Iliad does not ignore the consequences of war. Men die horrible deaths and women are taken from their families to become slaves. “My mother Thetis tells me that there are two ways in which I may meet my end. If I stay here and fight, I will not return alive but my name will live forever whereas if I go home my name will die, but it will be long ere death shall take me.” –Achilles (The Iliad) Achilles could give the impression of being…

The warriors of The Iliad are famed for their capacity for violence and fury; the poem often reading as a cascade of bloodshed, page after page narrating the countless deaths in the slaughter outside the walls of Troy. The rage of these warriors, and of course most of all Achilleus, seems insurmountable—who could possibly match their anger and strength? However, within the poem itself one creature finds itself at the forefront; its ferocity something beyond the heroes of the epic. This is the…

The Homer’s Iliad is one of the greatest pieces of Ancient literature. It has a lot of prominent motives that are influential and could be traced even in the modern literature. As a matter of fact, it has a lot of interesting concepts; however, one of the most dominant ones is the topic of justice and vengeance. The war itself is just a personal motivation of Agamemnon to deal with Troy and to punish them for their deeds in the past, the Greeks just want revenge, even though the Troy Priest of…

In Homer’s epic poem, “The Iliad”, we read of the tales of Achilleus during the Trojan War. Achilleus shows several of the Sigmund Freud’s theories. One example is in Book I when Achilleus shows the use of the aggressive phase theory by rebelling against his leader, Agamemnon. Later on, the denial theory is occurring with Achilleus when he refuses to believe that Patroklos is dead and also when he refuses to admit that he isn’t the leader of the army. Achilleus’s id comes out when he refuses to…