Troy

The story of the great artists of literature is glorified by history tells their tale. Homer is such one great poet. He is the author of the epic-tale of the Greek-Troy war entitled the Iliad. Homer immortalized it and its epic heroes .In this essay, I will examine the similes, that immortalize Homer as a poet, consider the canonization of his work, and end up offering a short poem as an example of how a literary work can become canonical. Homer’s similes characterized that they are long,…

rarely showed sympathy towards mankind. This demonstrates the extent of Achilles’ fury and hatred towards Hector for killing Patroclus. Another important aspect of the Iliad is the involvement of gods in comparison to their almost total absence in Troy. In the Iliad, the gods have a massive influence on the course of war. This is because during Homer’s time there was a tendency to present a world where the deities influence the fates of humans. People of the Homeric age strongly believed in…

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…

Iliad, is an ancient Greek epic by homer. The epic sets by the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by Greeks. The epic start with the events of argument about rage between Agamemnon, the king of Achaeans and Achilles, the great warrior of Achaeans. During the epic, Homer engages different type of gods including Zeus to make the epic special. During the war, there are many incidents happen among different characters including gods. On the other hand Dante, the divine comedy, is…

The Iliad and the Aeneid are both two of the greatest epic poems in history. They still exist today as alive as they were told long ago. Both written by two amazing scholars, Homer and Virgil have once again astounded us with amazing stories of hero’s, war, and honor. But what truly make a hero a hero in these two stories? A hero can be imagined as a big, strong man in a cape that flies around the city. The truth is that muscles and strength doesn’t make someone a hero, it is the qualities that…

The Homecoming The Odyssey by the ancient Greek writer Homer takes us into the life of a man called Odysseus. Odysseus, the son of Lartes, has left both his son, Telemachus, and his wife, Penelope, to fight a war in Troy. After 10 years of fighting the war, Odysseus and his men were finally ready to return home to their families, however, the Gods were not finished with Odysseus. They needed to test his wisdom, honor, piety and prudence to prove that he is truly a noble hero. While Odysseus was…

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.…

Often in antiquity, many Greek authors used their writing to convey certain messages or teachings that they would want their readers to know. It wasn’t uncommon for them to use emotional and physical characteristics of characters to convey either a metaphorical or a literal teaching in their story. In the Iliad, Homer uses the characteristics strength, pride, and courage to teach many lessons on certain values that has changed and improved my life. In the novel, Homer uses prominent…

chooses to forget any ill-feelings he had at Agamemnon and now seeks revenge for Patroklos’ death by killing Hector and destroying Troy. Hector can be described as calm, compassionate and noble. Hector puts his love for Troy and Troy’s interest above his own and is ready to sacrifice his life need be it. This is seen when the Trojans are retreating back into the walls of Troy but Hector stays outside to continue defending it and even when his family desperately tries to get him to come back…

Joseph Campbell, an American mythological researcher, invented the Hero Cycle. He discovered that myths normally dealing with heroes have a common pattern. Years of research led Campbell to discover the stages that almost every hero goes through; these stages make up the Hero Cycle. The stages of the Hero Cycle are: Call to Adventure, Supernatural Aid, Crossing the First Threshold , The Road of Trials, Temptation from the True Path, Apotheosis, The Ultimate Boon, Rescue from Without, Crossing…