Menelaus

everything and to be involved in most everything. Men looked to the gods to choose sides in the Trojan War. Some warriors even relied on the Gods to save them from death in the war. Paris was saved by Aphrodite after almost dying at the hands of Menelaus. Aeneas was “swept up” and “set down on the sacred heights of Pergamus” by Apollo to protect…

The many women in The Iliad have had a profound effect on the story as a whole, and to this day, researchers still study the role they played in Homer’s great works. Palladas’ view towards the women in the Homeric plays, specifically The Iliad is greatly misconstrued and incorrect. Palladas’ view of women being the sole cause of the terror and destruction in the poem is not quite accurate. The extent to which his claim of women being dangerous and the cause of all the problems in the poem is…

In Homer’s Greek epic, The Odyssey, Odysseus possesses several characteristics that qualify him to be a man of honor in classical Greek literature. However, in Emily Wilson’s translation, Odysseus’s epithet is described as “complicated”, and in Robert Fagles’s translation, he is referred to as a “man of twists and turns” (Homer, The Odyssey, 1.1). Odysseus’s moral values encompass those of a hero, such as his outstanding capabilities as a warrior and tactician, but his negligence and exaggerated…

Odysseus is seen as a hero and leader by all his comrades who returned from the Trojan War. According to his fellow commanders, like Menelaus, he has strength, courage and restraint. In Ithaca, preceding the war, Odysseus was viewed as a kind merciful king, adored by his people. Though when voyaging home, Odysseus displays his stubbornness in making decisions, overcome by the need to gain glory and prestige above all else. Following a daring escape from the cyclops’ lair, Odysseus and his men…

and courage through his meeting with Nester, the kings of Pylos as they discuss the whereabouts of his father. The readers also notice a quality in Telemachus which is his ability for polite conversation. This was seen during his visit with king Menelaus. The king was so impressed, he pleads for Telemachus to extend his visit. This ability shows how he can brilliantly complement and manipulate others in other to get his way. This is also like Odysseus cunning. Through these experiences, he is…

match the typical Spartan woman description is Helen, of Troy or also known as Helen of Sparta. History depicts her as a beautiful woman who was kidnapped more than once on different occasions by Paris who brought around the Trojan war and Athenians. Menelaus her husband went to war to reclaim his wife. Leading to more of an misrepresentation of how Spartan women were in that…

a completely mortal king, quite different from Proteus the shape-shifting sea-god and seer in the Odyssey. Herodotus also depicts Proteus as not a tyrant but a benevolent ruler, thus creating a father figure under whose care Helen is placed until Menelaus arrives (Helen of Troy, 150-152). Humanizing Helen, Paris, and Proteus eliminates embellishment of the myth’s characters, allowing Herodotus’s account to solely focus on events and personal relations rather than getting swept away with its…

Odysseus: The Static Hero For most interesting stories, the main character is flawed and goes experiences many changes throughout the story. These characters learn about themselves and change accordingly. However, Odysseus, from The Odyssey does not share these same qualities. Throughout the story, Odysseus understands some of his flaws and is cunning enough to overcome them, but he does not bother to try and change his weaknesses into a feasible defense and does not change as a character…

Transcending almost 3000 years of time with its emotional resonance, integrity, and relevance to both the Ancient and Modern world, the Iliad is arguably one of the most outstanding poetic feats in the history of Western literature, praised explicitly throughout the ages by esteemed historians and scholars alike. Between its undeniable influence on Alexander the Great and it’s correlation to Rome, the Iliad certainly has a lot to say about the ancient world that so quickly embraced it’s epic…

Revenge for Masculinity “Away, morality!” exclaims Atreus to a servant who appears unconvinced by the former’s determination for suffering torment to be a just price for his brother’s crime (Seneca 404). With this simple statement, the king acknowledges morality as being compromised within his revenge scheme, but he thinks little of it; in fact, Atreus dismisses morality as though it were his servant. With this dismissal, he establishes that his revenge against Thyestes, tricking him to eat his…