Priam

The Iliad translated by Robert Fagles, and Salammbo written by Flaubert, uses the main protagonists to depict messages about war, love, and women. Achilles is the main character in The Iliad and Salammbo is the main charter in Salammbo. Both of these characters were comparative in their qualities and interesting in their own particular manners. Both books examine the impacts of war and actions that elevate the characters to go to war. Both works show the extreme level of what people would do for…

From living pleasurably to evading pain, life is essentially about finding, or achieving, happiness. But how to achieve happiness is a widely discussed, and philosophized about, topic. In Aristotle’s best-known work, Nicomachean Ethics, ‘eudaimonia’ is a direct Greek translation of the English word ‘happiness.’ The word ‘eudaimonia’ in Greek implies success and fulfillment in one’s own life. This makes happiness the supreme good in life, but many argue over what ‘good’ is. Some say that…

around Patroclus grave. Achilles has been a soldier all his life. When the tragic death of his friend hit him, he coped with the only way he knew how, rage and violence. After the parading, and it was time to rest, Achilles wept for his friend with Priam, Hectors father, agreeing to return Hector’s body. "Vex me, sir, no longer; I am of myself minded to give up the body of Hector. My mother, daughter of the old man of the sea, came to me from Jove to bid me deliver it to you.” (Homer, The…

surprise, his men take his word and start to leave. Odysseus, Agamemnon’s right hand man, is then inspired by Athena to rile the troops, the troops decide to stay with Agamemnon and assemble for battle. The Trojan army is led by Hector, son of King Priam, Menelaus marks Prince Paris as a target and in an act of cowardice, Paris goes behind the line of the Trojans and is goaded by Hector into facing Menelaus on the field of combat, the winner of the duel taking Helen and ending the war. Menelaus…

He succeeded in killing Hector. This resulted in the Achaeans winning the war and burning Troy down. Achilles did not face supernatural beings, except for Apollo and other gods. Achilles made long speeches when talking to Thetis, Hector, and Priam. In these speeches he used words like abstain, destitute, scourge, and more, showing a higher level of vocabulary. Overall, Achilles is an epic hero because he follows all of the important traits of one. He is physically very strong and inside his…

him to lose his stance in the battle. When Achilles is disgracing his body in front of the gods, Apollo ached which is why he helped protect Hector’s body from getting any more physical damage. Another example of psychological damage would be from Priam, Hector’s father. When he went to retrieve his pride and joy, Hector, he was in the worst kind of shape. He was offering all the ransom he could think of and in his surprise Achilles was human and understanding to the father of the man he…

Scott Pilgrim vs. Aeneas Heroes come from many different places. On one hand, they may come from a place like ancient Rome. On the other hand, they may come from a place that is more familiar, such as present-day Toronto. Though the Aeneid and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World are two completely different stories, comparisons can be made between the two main characters, Aeneas and Scott Pilgrim. The first point of comparison is the nature of the two heroes’ quests. When Troy is getting attacked by…

Greeks followed strictly. Moreover, it was regarded as a tradition and custom in the Greek society. In Iliad, the author has used the theme of hospitality in various instances. For instance, Achilles portrays the aspect of hospitality by letting Priam give his son Hector some peace and a good Trojan funeral. 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…

Rome, a civilization of great importance for the development of the modern world, which has adapted upon many of the aspects of it which derive from the people surrounded by the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Seas, from ancient western Italy (Etruscans) and ancient southern Italy (Greeks). Rome was the centerpiece of Earth’s eastern hemisphere and stretched from modern day Spain to the beginning of the Caspian Sea. Rome may have immortalized its own ideologies and structures such as roads or the Julian…

The other elders want her to leave, but Priam comforts her. It shows his wisdom because he understands that fate is controlled by the gods, therefore he does not blame her. Many of the younger soldiers were foolhardy, believing they could trick fate and blamed Helen, even though it was Aphrodite’s…