Troy VII

Aphrodite’s actions are at odds with fate. This proclamation sets up a new role for Aphrodite, as her actions will now be the driving agent of fate for her son. The Roman poet Virgil turned this proclamation into the story of Aeneas Journey from defeat at Troy to the founding of the Roman civilization in The Aeneid. In this epic, Aphrodite takes on the Roman name Venus. Venus becomes the essential character reminding her son of his fate to found Rome. In Homer’s Iliad, those who the goddess of…

Cool and Creative Title The natural elements are incredibly destructive. From tornados to forest fires to earthquakes, nature has the power to wreak havoc on anything in its path. Homer’s The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem set in the last year of the Trojan War. Long and detailed similes are found in abundance within the poem. These similes are often used to emphasize the strength and power of warriors. While many similes compare warriors to animals, only a few compare warriors to nature.…

heroic and strong when he fought in previous battles, but against Achilles he demonstrates cowardice that could never be attributed to a hero. When Hector is approached by Achilles he becomes consumed by fear and runs three laps around the wall of Troy in hopes to delay the inevitable. Hector even attempts to reason with Achilles during battle and implores him to not treat his body in any “unseemly fashion,” (Homer, 434). This shows how cowardly Hector is, no heroic warrior runs away from their…

The idea of fate has been part of human philosophy since the beginning of time. One such time was the golden age of Greece. After the Persian War Athens became a leading power in Greece. By Forming the Delian league Athens grew its polis into an empire that reached across Greece. After forming the League Athens began stealing money from the treasury and eventually just moved it, from home on Delos, to the Acropolis of Athens. As Athens control spread across Greece so did its love in the arts.…

The Odyssey is a book that was written during the Ancient Greek era, 8 century B.C. The story of the Odyssey was passed down from generations, where Homer is believed to be an era- not a person. The Odyssey was about a hero, Odysseus, who spent a decade in the Trojan War and a decade trying to get home, back to Ithaca. Ithaca is is homeland and where he rules. This means Odysseus has not been home in twenty years, the people of Ithaca think that Odysseus is dead, except Penelope, his wife.…

Homer’s epic poem the Iliad, Homer condemns a pointless war that only benefits the rich and powerful.. Throughout the epic, the war only benefits the kings or the gods and goddesses, Paris who is a prince of Troy starts the whole thing off by stealing Helen the wife of the Greek king Menelaus. So they whole war only benefits those two men. Even the gods are in the war for purely selfish reasons, they orchestrate many things throughout the course of the war because of a petty squabble over beauty…

Homer was the author of “The Illiad” and “The Odyssey” two tales of a more traditionally “epic” feel to them. The Illiad is on a surface level about the war at Troy, started when Paris king of Troy seduces away Helen wife of the King of Sparta. But a Large portion of the story is about Achilles the greatest of the Greek warriors at Troy, Agamemnon the leader of the Greek forces, and of the gods intervening in mortal affairs. The Odyssey is about Odysseus’ trials getting home from…

Abhiram Mulam Ms. Toney English I 23 January 2017 O. J. (2013, July 16). Ancient Troy: The City & the Legend. Retrieved January 28, 2017, from http://www.livescience.com/38191-ancient-troy.html Troy was an actual city located northwest Turkey which was identified by many as being the Troy in Homer’s Iliad. Whether the Trojan War was fought between the Greeks and the Trojans, and the city in northwest Turkey is the same Troy would be a debate. The Turkish name for this city is Hissarlik. In the…

adventurer named Heinrich Schliemann started digging in the ground of a Turkish city, seeking the lost city of troy”. Schliemann made a huge destruction around the area that he believed Troy lied on, but he was still able to find the lost city of Troy and the antiques. However in the article it says, “Schliemann’s actions erased important clues to Troy’s past.” Schliemann did find the lost city of Troy but he destroyed some of its land, but still managed…

I believe the Trojan war was just that, a war. There are a few reasons I think this, first, it is called a war all throughout the book and throughout history, there is definitely a deeper meaning but at the end of the day, it was just a war. Second, Merriam Webster defines war as “a situation in which people or groups compete with or fight against each other”, which is exactly what it was, the Trojans and the Greeks fighting over Helen. Finally, what else would you call this happening? You could…