Priam

Greek literature usually follows the protagonist and their tragic flaw, making them a tragic hero. This tradition in story has lasted as far as the 2004 Hollywood film Troy and farther. According to Aristotle, a Greek philosopher, “A man doesn’t become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall”. This applies to the hero Achilles in the movie Troy, based off of Homer’s The Iliad. As long as the hierarchy has existed, there have been different tiers of power. A king, then a person in…

against the Trojan soldiers and fights a river god. Some even dare to call Achilles an animal and an outrageous man after he drags Hector’s dead body around the city of Troy, while others tend to call him compassionate after his meeting with King Priam. Even with mixed views and opinions towards Achilles, by the end of the poem Homer make readers feel empathy towards the character because of the enormous sorrow that is placed on Achilles throughout the entire poem conveyed using his mother. In…

character in two plays by Euripides: The Trojan Women and Hecuba. The Trojan Women describes the aftermath of the fall of Troy, including Hecuba's enslavement by Odysseus. Hecuba also takes place just after the fall of Troy. Polydorus, the youngest son of Priam and Hecuba, is sent to King Polymestor for safekeeping, but when Troy falls, Polymestor murders Polydorus. Hecuba learns of this, and when Polymestor comes to the fallen city, Hecuba, by trickery, blinds him and kills his two…

At this point Achilles and Priam are lamenting for their lost ones showing that they have both lost people that are deer to them and can respect each other even though they are fighting for different sides of the war. This respect and pity towards Priam pushes Achilles to agree to give back Hektor to his father. This shows that even though they are not fighting for same side they can still respect each other and not have to resolve issues with battle. After Priam manages to convince Achilles to…

Over three thousand years ago, a bloody battle was waged between Greece and he powerful city of Troy. This battle was ignited by the sudden abduction of Queen Helen of Sparta by Prince Paris of Troy. Helen and Paris were star-crossed lovers, in which, nobody could separate them. You could compare them to the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet, where the Montagues and Capulets fought, again, sparked by the love of two young lovers. Back in mythological times, Zeus, the father of the gods and god…

“Perhaps in fear of me he will give back Hektor. Then I will send Iris to Priam of the great heart, with an order to ransom his dear son,...”(Book 24, line 116-117). Priam is then led by another goddess to Achilles’ camp to retrieve his son's body. While speaking with each other, Priam brings up the point of thinking of how Achilles’ father would feel if the roles were switched, and the two men begin to cry. Homer writes, “...as Priam sad huddled at the feet of Achilles and wept close for…

Throughout history “The Truth behind Troy” has been documented and talked about for many centuries. In my opinion most of the research and scholarly evidence of Hisarlik clearly shows that our current knowledge of the famous ancient city of Troy is based on Homer’s writings and archaeological discoveries made by the German archaeologist and excavator Heinrich Schliemann. Many have agreed that Homer should be acknowledged as a legitimate source of historical reference and therefore, so should…

This is best evidenced by the conflicting father-son association that exists between Priam and Hector. Additionally, the introduction of ancestral loyalty identifies the author’s development of the respective characters as different individuals due to its implications on their behavior (Homer 56). In another illustration, the relationship…

In Act 2, scene 2, Claudius invites Hamlet’s childhood friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to come to Elsinore because of his apparent concern about “Hamlet’s transformation,” that he may be going mad due to his father’s death and another source (II.ii.5). Hamlet reveals to his friends that he is in a state of despair because of the events concerning his father. Soon, Hamlet’s situation changes from despair and uncertainty finally to what seems to be a plan in progress. His friends announce to…

Why, according to Zeus, can they not steal the body of Hektor back and give it to the Trojans? What does he propose instead? How does Priam approach Achilleus? What strategy does he use to appeal to the killer of his son? How does it work? Where else had the expression “heart of iron” been used in the Iliad? What is its meaning here? Elsewhere in the epic? What imagery does Achilleus use…