Menelaus

epic poem of war between the Achaeans and Trojans; the cause of the war is credited to Helen running away with the Trojan Prince Paris. There are myths that state that Helen and Paris were in love and Paris kidnapped her and they eloped, causing Menelaus, Helen’s husband, to begin the war. Although this myth uses the illusion of love to justify the beginnings of the war, Helen expresses to Aphrodite that she is only with cowardly Paris due to the goddess. When Aphrodite appears to Helen to tell…

The Trojan War As we have learned from the very beginning of class is that history is something that can be changed and is viewed in many different ways. History is something that is written by those who are part of or knows what has happened in that time. Knowing this there is many different versions of history like books, art, and even movies. All may be of the same history, but they all chose to show it in different ways based on what they know. Of course it may be the same topic, but the…

the Iliad serves as the driving force of the story. Both the Achaeans and the Trojans objectified women. The entirety of the nine year Trojan War was fought simply because Paris stole Helen, supposedly the most beautiful women on the planet, from Menelaus, her husband. Although understandable, this seems like a trivial reason to fight a…

The passage above demonstrates the wealth of Menelaus by describing the precious metals and expensive material used in the palace. The imagery also creates an extravagant mood. The use of “[…] the echoing mansion” (Homer 126) illustrates the enormous size of the palace, and provides spatial context that depicts an expansive palace adorned with metals and valuable additions, which demonstrates Menelaus’ wealth and power. Furthermore, the comparison of the palace to “[…] Zeus’s court on Olympus”…

her beauty has inspired. However, the setting that Iris describes is key to understanding Hough’s portrayal of Helen. Iris interrupts Helen’s weaving and the description of the scene with Helen weaving interrupts the overall battle narrative with Menelaus and Paris. Helen literally stops all time and action with her mere presence, which Hough harnesses in his portrayal of her: “When she passed the children stood still at their play.” This is framed in a manner where, once again, Helen is…

The Trojan War plays a crucial role in revenge in which the feelings of hostility between the characters develops leading to acts of vengeance against each other. For example, Agamemnon came back from the war to find that his wife had married Aegisthus, a coward who stayed behind while the others fought in the war. With her approval, Aegisthus kills Agamemnon and would have taken over his kingdom if not for Agamemnon’s son, Orestes. Orestes returns from exile and kills both Aegisthus and his…

Ever since I started understanding philosophical ideas, one of the most feared things for me was karma. When people follow their bliss, they forget that the sins they commit in order to attain their bliss will follow perpetually. Dante Alighieri’s Inferno is a prime example of karma which conveys to the audience what to avoid when “following one’s bliss,” an idea of Joseph Campbell. Campbell believes that myths “won’t tell you what makes you happy, but it will tell you what happens when you…

of these disputes result in full blown warfare or have an important effect over the outcome of a war. In one example, Paris is called to settle a dispute over which of the three goddesses is the most beautiful. He is given Helen of Troy, wife of Menelaus, as the prize for his decision by Aphrodite. Paris, in turn, winds up kidnapping Helen, which results in the Trojan War. In another example, the disagreement between Agamemnon and Achilleus begins over a woman. When Agamemnon is forced to…

dreaded years was called, the “Trojan War”. “The Trojan War”, was an epic war that lasted ten years between two great nations, the Greeks and the Trojans. The war was started when Paris the son of Troy stolen Helen of Sparta away from her husband, Menelaus, the king of Sparta. After she was taken, Agamemnon took this as an opportunity to take his massive army and to conquer Troy and its’ Allies territory. Soon after, amassing his army, Agamemnon set sail for Troy and to begin this long decade…

The Trojan War is one of the most remembered and iconic wars from ancient times. Thought to be fought between 1194 BCE to 1184 BCE, lasting ten years, this war is one that most consider the most thrilling and dramatic from the Greek times. While a great deal of the information we have on the Trojan War is obtained from Homer 's The Iliad, most of it is based in mythology. Zeus hosted a banquet to celebrate the union of Peleus and Thetis, and invited every god, goddess, and demi-god with the…