Trojan War

story of two major Bronze Age “Greek” alliances battling each other. The Illiad is also a turning-road kind of epic and like the Odyssey, is very long. It ended when the Greeks defeated the Trojans while the Odyssey concentrated on how Odysseus can go back to his family, while his family struggles after the war. Both are seminal, history-shaping events even though they are protected by different gods, all gods belong to the same pantheon which is the Greek gods. In the movie The Odyssey, there…

in the ancient Greek time period. Concepts of war are seen throughout the poem and are practically the main topic of the whole story. In comparison to today’s view of war we can see many differences. Even modern Americans have mixed perceptions of war and soldiers. Despite the fact that ancient Greece and modern America have very different views of war, they both see some sense of glory in the battlefield. The Iliad is about the Trojan war. This war is thought to have taken place around 1200…

In The Iliad Homer, the epic poet brings the reader into a war of attrition between two great peoples, the Achaeans and the Trojans. Throughout the epic poem the reader familiarizes themselves with the two of the main protagonists within the poem, Hector and Achilles. As the epic progresses the reader learns the key differences and similarities Achilles and Hector have, and perhaps maybe choose who they see as the true hero in poem. However, one could say that both Hector and Achilles could be…

In the novel “Fear and Trembling” by Soren Kierkegaard, one of the main topic discussed was ethical and how it was associated with the universal. Also, how ethical is related to tragic hero and the knight of faith. For instance, the action of a tragic hero, like agamemnon sacrificing his daughter is still ethical because his action was done publicly and for common good. Ethical is temptation for the knight of Faith because they have the choice to do something right. For instance, abraham had the…

Odysseus never fails to grieve over the absence of his beloved wife Penelope. Odysseus is impelled to go back to Ithaca because he wants to be with his family, therefore change the absence to presence. Addition to his dreadful emotional state after the Trojan War, Odysseus is left in the cold alone, away from the actual family he…

his men to follow him to the realm of the dead. Another example where Odysseus showed great leadership, cleverness, and heroism was during the multiple battles at Troy, especially during the construct of the Trojan horse, which allowed them to get access to the city and win against the Trojans. Finally, the most relevant example is when after he had hit rock bottom and had lost it all, to include his confidence he was able to get it together and defeat the suitors. This is important because is…

The Iliad’s primary focus is war, and takes place during about a two week span near the end of the Greek-Trojan War, so it would follow logically based on the role of women presented by the Greek’s values (which were essentially mirrored by the Trojans as well) that women would not serve an incredibly prominent or dynamic role within the story. Yet in The Odyssey, Penelope, Odysseus’ wife…

Achilles and Aeneas is both half god warriors who knew they going to die in the war and have someone they care about get kill by their enemy; however, they both have different qualities that make them both different from each other. This essay will analyze how Achilles and Aeneas is unlike in the epic poem. It will explain how dissimilar their personality and the way how they handle thing during their stories. Achilles is the most powerful warrior of all the Greeks and the best fighter.…

Cynossema: A Warning for Sailors “War is a violent teacher… it reduces most people’s temperaments to the level of their present circumstances.” - Thucydides In the wake of the great chaos of war and the tragic loss of humanity, those who are left behind are often angry and hopeless, craving closure. These feelings of anger and hopelessness, sometimes even propell those who remain, to lose their own humanity in return. Euripides’ Hecuba details the aftermath of the Trojan war, a conflict that…

This paper will argue that a person’s achievements and failings are not up to them as the hero (person) has no free will in his thoughts or actions. This is seen as true even in the embodiments of the greek ideal-self. The heroic ideal person is not a product of his choices but of the gods. In this paper greek gods will be used as symbols to represent the exterior forces of nature. Such exterior forces include but are not limited to family, status, society, norms, laws, and upbringing. This is…