Menelaus

leader. Odysseus reprimanded him with “You shall not lift up your mouth to argue with princes”(The Iliad 2.250-251), further confirming his lack of aristos. Aidos is not exhibited much by either Odysseus or Achilles, but is by Paris when he runs from Menelaus in the middle of battle. Kleos is shown throughout The Iliad by most of the primary characters, as they try to gain glory by defeating other famous heroes. It is both synonymous with glory as it is with fame. These qualities, or lack…

The Iliad and the Old Testament play a significant role in American culture. Retailing of these stories has appeared in books, film, and other forms of media. The movie “Troy”, Hollywood’s version of the Greek poem, is an example of an old story that was told throughout the centuries retold to a modern audience, with some parts of the poem not being represented in the movie. The Old Testament of the Bible is also another story that is retold through the perspective of others. Used to influence…

when Telemachus was with Helen and Menelaus he got the indication of the hawk. On Telemachus ' privilege flew this hawk and Helen appropriately says, "As the falcon got the goose, - she, swelled in the house; he, originating from the slopes where he was brought up, - so might Odysseus, through numerous hardships and wanderings, get back home and take revenge. Indeed, even now, maybe, he is at home, sowing the seed of sick for all the suitors"(145). Helen, Menelaus ' significant other, predicts…

internal death” and is used in many contexts. This is evident I the Greek literature such as the poem Helen, by Hilda Doolittle, which is a short poem which describes Greece's reaction to Helen, the daughter of Zeus and Leda, who leaves her husband, Menelaus, for a Trojan prince names Paris, and the commotion that ensues in Greece. Doolittle take an interesting point of view of the Greek people and how they react to this. Another poem, “The…

Achilles falls in love with a prostitute and protects her as his own. Women of the Athenians played a role in seducing men and dictating their thoughts and ideas because of their ability to seduce. They did not have the power that the Spartan women had. Menelaus is killed by Hector in the movie troy. However, he actually survived the trojan war and takes Helen back in which they are said to have lived a very happy married life. Helen represents how important women truly were to these Greeks.…

Hospitality The epic poem, The Odyssey, by Homer relates Odysseus’ heroic journey to his home in Ithaka after the defeat of Troy. His prideful boasting about the victory has the god, Poseidon, pitted against his voyage home, and in Odysseus’ absence, suitors take over his home and threaten his wife, Penelope, and his son, Telemakhos. In her attempts to bring Odysseus home, Athena urges Telemakhos to begin his own travels in search of his father. On his voyage, he visits with kings who fought…

Honor is an essential part of the Greek hero archetype as demonstrated in Homer’s Iliad. Achilleus, Agamemnon, and Hektor all demonstrate varying levels of honor and glory throughout the first six books. Honor in Greek tradition is something that is won by fighting in battles or leading an army, but true honor is how a person uses that privilege to reveal their morals and virtue. Through these three character’s actions, Homer demonstrates how one can be honorable but not have true honor.…

A Hero’s Son Awakens Athena has had the greatest influence on Telemachus’ growth. Homer’s epic The Odyssey demonstrates Odysseus’s son, Telemachus, at first as an inexperienced, timid, and helpless young prince that is greatly pampered by his mother, Penelope. Due to his lack of confidence and assertiveness, Telemachus struggles to stop the many suitors who overrun his father’s palace and greedily devour the family’s vast stockpile of food and wine. Like Odysseus, Telemachus experiences his own…

drugging everyone, Helen has the power to mess with their memory, making them believe a story about Odysseus and the Trojan War that is questionable. She is also the only one capable of understanding the omen of the eagle who ripping apart the goose. Menelaus, the King of Sparta, cannot translate the omen: “The warlord fell to thinking— / how to read the omen rightly, how to reply?” (Pg. 324 ll. 188-189). This talent is a characteristic that could support the theory that Helen is Zeus’s…

Throughout history and stories, women have had many different depictions and representations. These days women are depicted being stronger than a princess that always needs saving and becoming the hero in many different ways. But that is not what this is about, this is an epic poem called “The Odyssey” by Homer. It is about Odysseus and his journey after the Trojan War and despite being centuries old, the depictions of women of that time period is surprisingly strong. There is Penelope, who is…