Shield of Achilles

After facing Achilles, Hector exchanged turns with him, throwing spears at each other. When Achilles missed Hector, “Athena pulled it out and gave it back to Achilles without Hector noticing” (22.302-304). Favored by Athena, Achilles defeats Hector and as Hector was led to his death, Zeus never interfered in their battle. “In this way Zeus delivered Hector into his enemies’…

me,” wrote Achilles. According to mythology, Achilles was a hero to the Greeks, he was one of the greatest warriors that participated in the Trojan War, and he was the protagonist of Homer’s epic, the Iliad. But because of his “fatal flaw” and his tragic death, it resulted in ending the hero he was. Achilles and his background history, his fights for his honor, and even his death are just three of the many reasons he fulfilled one of the most famous Greeks Heros. To begin with, Achilles was…

a noble birth. However, Achilles, Hector, Beowulf, and Hamlet were all born into royalty.…

seen as detriment to our successes. In Book XXII, Hector stands outside the city walls where Achilles finds him. Achilles chases Hector around the city three times before the gods intervene. Before they engage in battle, Hector requests that if he were killed that his body be respected. With so much anger, Achilles…

many of them had become a great influence in our culture. “The Trojan War” is a story that creates controversy whether you're a casual reader or an expert in mythology, not just by the story but by the two heroes that die following their beliefs. Achilles hero of Greece and hector hero of Troy, make the unbelievable task in order to be recognized by their own people. People still considered both warriors as legends with many characteristic that make them epic heroes. Even when both have great…

Comparing the archaeological evidence that has been unearthed in the last 145 years in Turkey, Greece, and the Aegean to Homer’s Iliad will show that at some time in the Late Bronze Age a war or series of wars took place between Achaean forces and Troy. It was called the Trojan War. This war has defined the way people view ancient Greece. This story of mythological gods and heroic warriors has provided insight into the attitudes, customs, religion, and warfare of the ancient Greeks. The story of…

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Grasping his bronze forged shield and thrusting a nine foot long doru spear into the side of his enemies, the Greek solider known as Achilles, parted the Trojan army as Neptune parted the seas. Achilles being the true definition of a man of valor slashed his way through hundreds of Trojan soldiers and not a single one of them could land a scratch on this ancient death machine. However this Greek warrior was not fighting for a lazy king afar, no Achilles was fighting for his cause and for the…