Patroclus

anonymous and modest, yet long life. At first, Achilles refrains from battle, believing that because Agamemnon hurt his pride, it was no longer worth it to fight, but he later returns to fight, despite facing certain death, to avenge his best friend Patroclus. He also decides to not only kill Hektor, but also to get his revenge by mutilating Hektor’s body, while Hektor himself begs him to stop and asks that he, “let not dogs devour me at the ships of the Achaeans, but accept the rich treasure of…

poet (534c3). God is the source of the poet’s motivation and inspiration (534d3). Q1ii. The dialogue is mostly concerned with knowing the poet’s thought. Ion makes it clear that he has memorized Homer’s lines when he recites what Nestor says at Patroclus’ funeral (537a8). Socrates trusts that Ion has adequately memorized Ion’s poems and does not…

One of the most important characters in the poem is Helen, the wife of Zeus. As I stated in the begging, Athena wanted help from Zeus for Achilles and he refused. We encounter how Zeus didn’t help the Trojans at first because of the opinion of his wife who is Hera. She favored the Greeks so she didn’t want Zeus to get involved. We see how Zeus who is the king of gods, helps out the Trojans and that’s when the power of Hera slightly decreases due to the fact that he did completely different from…

Both are the combination of man and god. Both have gods interfere in their lives. Both have friends that die during the course of their lives. As characters in a story, Gilgamesh in The Epic of Gilgamesh and Achilles in The Iliad share striking plot similarities. They are not the same story however. The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient Mesopotamian epic where the main character, King Gilgamesh, is an oppressive and unjust ruler until he meets Enkidu whom he then goes on an adventure with.…

to hide him, even disguised him as a young girl. Nothing helped Odysseus’s found him, and Achilles was brought into the war. Thetis tried everything to keep her son happy for the short years he had. When Achilles armor was taken by Hector after Patroclus was killed wearing it, she went to…

Achilleus or Hektor. That is the question. Hektor, the great Trojan warrior, has more courage and patience than any other in his army. Achilleus, the best warrior of the Achaeans, attains more power and broad- mindedness than any of the the Greeks. In The Iliad by Homer, these two war heroes retain both similar and different traits. The two differ because Hektor follows the war code more than the Achilleus and additionally Achilleus was less prudent and more impulsive. Both exhibit similar…

Roughly three thousand years ago on the Eastern Aegean Coast a blind poet by the name of Homer created the Iliad. At its core is a lengthy account of the rage of Achilles that reflects Homer’s ancient audiences’ values. Troy is a modern day adaptation of Homer’s work written by David Benioff. Like the great entertainer before him, Benioff was faced with crafting a story to suit the qualities of his audience. To discuss the similarities and differences throughout the two works, one must consider…

The intentionality of Plato’s pedagogy is emphasized in nearly every aspect of The Republic concerning education. Intentionality in the educational approach is the best way to be able to accurately predict the “finished product,” if you will. J. Pfeifer and S. Sarkar define something that has intentionality as something that is about, directed on, or represents something else. Just as the conduction of an experiment governed by the concepts outlined in the scientific method attempts to limit the…

Joseph Campbell, an American mythological researcher, invented the Hero Cycle. He discovered that myths normally dealing with heroes have a common pattern. Years of research led Campbell to discover the stages that almost every hero goes through; these stages make up the Hero Cycle. The stages of the Hero Cycle are: Call to Adventure, Supernatural Aid, Crossing the First Threshold , The Road of Trials, Temptation from the True Path, Apotheosis, The Ultimate Boon, Rescue from Without, Crossing…

Nowadays, most of the people see homosexuality as unnatural, a mental illness, or even a serious sin. However, if we trace back to the period of the ancient Greece, ancient Rome and ancient China, the people at that time had a wider acceptance of homosexuality, and it was every common and popular practice in that society. In this article, I will first state the histories and cultural background of the ancient Greece, ancient Rome and ancient China. Then, I will analyze the Chinese and Western…