Trojan War

two options that one may take: turn around and run or take the challenge head on. In Homer’s The Odyssey, readers are introduced to Odysseus, a tragic hero who is described as bold and courageous. Menelaus, one of Odysseus’s comrades, recalls the Trojan War and the spirit of his fellow warrior, “-what a heart that fearless Odysseus had inside him!” (4.303). Menelaus is inspired by Odysseus’s heroism. Odysseus’s heart is a true heart of courage. To not have courage is to be a coward. A fearful…

Odysseus’s quest home from the trojan war and what happens on that quest. The story has a lot of symbolism and lessons that are filtered through Odysseus’s journey home. Odysseus shows to be an epic hero because he was given a quest, helped by a helpful companion and enters a supernatural world. Odysseus was also depicted as not being a hero in some parts of the story as well. Odysseus shows to be on a quest throughout the story. Odysseus is told to go and join the trojan war where his quest…

The wisdom and pleasure of Edith Hamilton`s of “The House of Atreus” What choice would you make if you had a kill your mother because she killed your father? Would you leave your mother alone? But what if you are obligated to kill your father’s murder because the ancient laws of your gods tell you to do so? In the Edith Hamilton`s “The House of Atreus” Orestes is forced to make that choice in a situation that could argue that the death of his father could have been just ,but because he cannot…

Agamemnon the first of three stories to one of the most brilliant Greek tragedies the story takes place right at the ending of the ten-year Trojan war and begins at the homecoming of the soldiers of Argos. Agamemnon is a war hero, he is a man who brought one thousand ships to Troy, the man who led the army to the defeat of the Trojans, and the King of Argos. But, throughout all that he took drastic measures to get his army to Troy this action was the sacrifice of his own daughter Iphigenia to…

no heroic characteristics, and he is ignorant to other people’s values or needs. The Odyssey explains the travel of Odysseus and the conflicts he faced through it. Odysseus was the ruler of and lived in Ithaka, before he was called to fight in the war. He was a king who was married to Penelope and together they had a son named Telemachus. Odysseus sailed to Troy to…

curse that the Cyclops Polyphemus placed on him as revenge for blinding him. Additionally, the trojan war essentially started as a revenge by the Greek city states for Paris of Troy taking Helen, Menelaus’s wife. What do these myths tell us about revenge? The myths show that revenge is a powerful force that can make people do irrational and uncharacteristic things. In the myth of the Trojan War, the war started because Paris of Troy stole Helen, Menelaus’s wife. Due to a pact made by Helen’s…

his braveness and fearlessness when he fights against inflamed Achilles. Although he lost the fierce fight, he does not beg for his life, all he wants from Achilles is returning of his corpse, “give my body to friends to carry home again, so Trojan men and Trojan women can do me honor with fitting rites of fire once I am dead” (180-182). Beginning of the fights of Beowulf and Hector is similar. They show their fearlessness in death against the powerful enemies. However, the ends are contrasting.…

Odysseus, from The Odyssey is a mere mortal but many people confuse him with being a demigod. Typically, a demigod is a great war hero and many come to admire him. Odysseus grew up around the influence of the gods. When the gods come down to Earth they make children with mortals, resulting in a half god and half mortal offspring known as a demigod. Most of these demigods contain the powers of their god parents. Such as Perseus, offspring of Poseidon, he was able to control water, much like his…

warriors and wars throughout the story. There are a lot of major differences between the books such as daily activities, views towards religion, and roles of women. One of the major differences between the realism of the Works and Days and the Odyssey and Iliad is their daily activities. The Works and Days is very focused on the agricultural arts…

The Iliad is the epic poem of war between the Achaeans and Trojans; the cause of the war is credited to Helen running away with the Trojan Prince Paris. There are myths that state that Helen and Paris were in love and Paris kidnapped her and they eloped, causing Menelaus, Helen’s husband, to begin the war. Although this myth uses the illusion of love to justify the beginnings of the war, Helen expresses to Aphrodite that she is only with cowardly Paris due to the goddess. When Aphrodite appears…