Menelaus

remember the point of journey, and that was my father. Mentor reminded me of that and encouraged me to head to Nestor, the King of Pylos, and discuss Odysseus. Once I reach him, he has no information on him, sadly. He told me that he had left with Menelaus and that Odysseus decided to stay back with Agamemnon. Then I asked him about Agamemnon’s fate, and he explained to me that he had returned back from Troy and found that Aegisthus married Clytemnestra, which was his wife. Aegisthus is a coward…

Further, the Trojans show hospitality by allowing the Greeks to bury Patroclus and mourn his death for twelve years. Nevertheless, some characters in the narrative disobey this important custom. For example, Paris’ actions of stealing Helen from Menelaus and taking her to troy shows that he failed to follow the law of the gods. Further, Achilles actions of dragging Hector indicate that he did not observe the law of…

elicit sympathy for those affected by war. For example, the playwright uses informal language to create a connection with the audience. The characters in this play illustrate both the good and evil in the world. Lottie stands in juxtaposition to Menelaus. She illustrates the element of goodness as she attempts to help the…

Epic Conventions : Iliad In the story ,The Iliad by Homer, the Greeks and Trojans battled for years over woman. Though the war was humans fighting each other, the Gods influenced it a lot. Choices made by great individuals, like Achilles, changed the outcome of the war too. While there are many epic conventions demonstrated throughout The Iliad, the two that are most prominent are the starting of the story, and the God’s interference. The author , Homer, started the story in the middle and…

the final killer, however, he presents a new system and shows its superiority. The justice shown in the beginning of The Oresteia matches the system in Homer’s Iliad nearly perfectly: the entire voyage to Troy occurs because Paris took Menelaus’ wife and Menelaus wants to kill “The outlaw, the adulterer” (Iliad iii. 31) for it. Besides this, the book starts off with Achilles feeling Agamemnon has done him an injustice and…

“These Trojans, with their reckless strength and insatiable appetite for the horrors of war. When it comes to getting enough, everyone else would rather have all they want of sleep or love, of sweet song or fine dancing.” This is Menelaus’ speech when the Trojans are pushing back the Greeks. He brings up the fact that at the end of the day, the Greeks would much rather be enjoying life rather than fighting for it. This is idea is brought up again with imagery shown on the shield made…

tragedy. In the Iliad, we can the gods drive the plot with their interactions and by changing the fate of the characters. The human however do practice free will. The war of the Trojans was started by the actions of Paris, a prince. If Paris gave Menelaus back his wife, Helen, maybe this the war might have not happened. However, the humans exercise their right to free will as little as possible because the fate of their actions are not only controlled by their actions but the god’s actions as…

Homer VS Hesiod Have you ever wondered what people thought before the start of philosophy? If you look in a textbook it will tell you about myths. More importantly, it will tell you about two poets, Homer and Hesiod, who wrote about those myths. Each of them have their differences and similarities. This paper is not just about one or the other but about both and how they compare. Lets start with Hesiod. He claims to have written his poems when he was inspired by the gods, also known as divine…

words got to Menelaus and said that he would hear him. He soon stood before the man whose wife was taken by Trojans. He told him that he wanted to take part in this lasting war. Menelaus responded “ I have absolutely nothing to lose and I shall allow you to fight amongst us for I have heard that you spontaneously won a difficult tournament back in Athens.” Callieus said “Thank you sire, I vow to remain loyal and stop at nothing till we win.”, looking at a strange woman with him Menelaus asked,…

Control, to the people of ancient Greece, meant having the supremacy to decide the fate of every being. In Homer’s Iliad, the control obtained by the gods played a large part in the lives of many Greeks, and the events that occurred in the book. Homer’s Iliad shows the Greek ideology that the gods had complete control over life and death, humans’ actions, and the outcome of war. First and foremost, the Iliad shows that Greeks believed the gods had the power to decide life and death…