Troy Did Not Show Us The True Meaning Of The Iliad

Thesis statement: Within the Iliad, the consequences of Helen’s actions and the motif of beauty are demonstrated through her self-blame, passions, and conflicting intentions, which ultimately results in the destruction of Troy.

The point of The Iliad is personal honor. Honor was prevalent throughout the poem. The honor of every person in Homeric culture was important. Homer demonstrated some lack of honor in some of the main characters. Therefore, Homer wants to infuse pride, emotions, and values into the main characters who are viewed as heroes that the society looks up to. With these three solutions it would help out the honor culture.

Overall, the movie Troy did accurately the people of ancient Greece in many aspects. Though some things did not match up, such as the way Achilles treated the gods, but many other aspects do match up. The Greeks were people of integrity and honor and and fought with courage and bravery. Troy showed what it would have been like to live in that time period and what warfare would have been

One significant difference between the Iliad and Troy is the timespan. The Iliad is not a story of a Trojan war, but a story of a hero’s wrath. The time span it covers is only a few weeks in the tenth year of the siege of Troy. Homer chooses to focus on events that occurred during a quarrel of King Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and brother of Menelaus, and Achilles, the most powerful warrior of the Achaean army. Homer doesn’t go into detail about other events and battles, as the story of the Trojan War was well-known to the Greek society because it has been told and retold by bards for numerous times and the general plot was still fresh in the minds of the Greeks. For his poem to stand out, Homer had to be original, so he didn't tell his audience about the war as a whole, but rather spotlighted the wrath of an individual hero, Achilles. Troy,

The Iliad: Book VI is about the continued war for Troy but Homer focuses a lot of the book on Hector, Prince of Troy. The Achaeans were overwhelming the Trojans so they were forced back into their city. The Trojans were weakened so the Achaeans took full advantage and slaughtered as many as they could. However, the Trojans anticipated this weakness and Hector asked his mother to pray to Athena for the army. Meanwhile Paris, Hector’s brother, had withdrawn from battle because of the grief he caused. But his soon to be wife Helen and Hector convince him to return to battle. Just before they head into battle Hector pays a visit to his wife and child to say goodbye for maybe the last time. His wife is convinced that he is near his death and mourns. Hector then meets Paris on the way to the city gate and they prepare to fight.

The Iliad is a book full of poems that talk about the history of Trojans and Greeks. Within the Iliad, there is a strong urge to show a world in which was are tremendous and the gods have direct hand in human events and these deities influence fate. The two leading gods, Achillies and Aeneas, the reader can see the ways in which these two cultural problems entwine and try to create an image of the ancient world which is at once barbarously real in terms of the depiction of not just the glory, but also the horrors of war which are filled with supernatural and mystical figures called the gods.

The 2004 film Troy by Wolfgang Petersen and Homer’s historic epic Iliad both center on the Trojan War between the Achaeans and the Trojans, but with two distinct differences in coverage. During Homer’s era, these heroes, the great Achilles and Hector, were known to all, but in modern times they are not as prevalent and thus both artists needed to adapt their approach to this tale. Homer’s Iliad delves into the ninth year of strife with Achilles and Agamemnon‘s quarrel in full effect and the Greeks on the verge of sacking Troy. Petersen’s Troy, however does not have the same established background that Homer possessed and adapted by beginning with who these characters are and how the story of the Trojan War began. The coverage of Troy also pushes pass the easing of Achilles wrath and into the sacking of Troy, fleeing of Aeneas, and the demise of Achilles. Rather than a simple recreation of the Iliad, Troy attempts to balance the grand story of Achilles’ struggle for immortality, Hector’s courage to save his people from foretold death, and who is truly on the virtuous side.

The Iliad, written by Homer, is a war poem translated by Robert Fagles. The epic poem features many of the Greek gods and goddesses as they manipulate mortals in the battle for Troy. While the mortals may be controlled by the gods, everyone is susceptible to the struggle of obtaining glory. Zeus is the god who decides to side with the Trojans, giving them power and encouraging them to fight off the Achaean army. The other gods see him trying to give an unfair advantage to the Trojans, and step in.

Over the thousands of years that the epic story the Iliad has survived, there has no doubt been some form of alteration to Homer’s original. Last May, Wolfgang Petersen directed a movie based on the Iliad. This movie, Troy, has proven to be a very loose adaptation of Homer’s original, as are almost all stories that are made into movies, unfortunately. With its timeless storyline, amazing scenery, gorgeous actors/actresses and most of all, its reported two hundred million dollar budget, it is easy to see why Troy was hyped up to be a box office hit. However, the film critics were harsh on this movie, as they had every right to be, and it ended up being a total flop. Compared to Homer’s Iliad, Troy is rather

Over the thousands of years that the epic story the Iliad has survived, there has no doubt been some form of alteration to Homer's original. Last May, Wolfgang Petersen directed a movie based on the Iliad. This movie, Troy, has proven to be a very loose adaptation of Homer's original, as are almost all stories that are made into movies, unfortunately. With its timeless storyline, amazing scenery, gorgeous actors/actresses and most of all, its reported two hundred million dollar budget, it is easy to see why Troy was hyped up to be a box office hit. However, the film critics were harsh on this movie, as they had every right to be, and it ended up being a total flop. Compared to Homer's Iliad, Troy is rather disappointing. But, to be

The historical action film Troy, inspired by Homer’s Illiad follows the epic battle between the city of Troy and the Greek army. It was released in 2004, and features some of Hollywood’s best such as Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom. Other significant actors include Erica Bana, Brian Cox, Julian Glover, Brendan Gleeson, Siri Svegler, and Diane Kruger. The film was directed by Wolfgang Petersen and primarily produced by the Warner Brothers, Helena Productions, and Latina Pictures, thus making the film an American Hollywood production. Troy was indeed filmed in the Mediterranean, in specific locations such as Fort Ricasoli, Kalkara, and Malta.

Even though the movie was criticized for not staying true to portraying the epic poem, Troy was presented in an interesting way. In the movie, thousands of warriors and ships were shown along with the special effects and graphics which gave the movie an authentic feel. For instance, the Iliad’s fighting and battle scenes are incredibly gruesome such as”Patroclus put his heel; on Sarpedon’s chest and pulled out his spear. ;The lungs came out with it, and Sarpedon’s life.” This image would be close to impossible to display on a movie theater screen unless changing the ratings to NC-17 but the move is rated R. Even without the NC-17 rating, the movie Troy still showed as much gruesome fighting scenes as possible to show the details of how brutal and violent the epic poem is.

In my response I am going to compare Homer’s Iliad with Wolfgang Petersen’s film Troy. The points I am going to compare are the fight between Paris and Menelaus, the role of the gods, the death of Patroclus and the fight between Hector and Achilles. The Iliad is an epic poem consisting of 23 books by Homer, which focuses on 50 days in the ninth year of the Trojan War, whereas the movie Troy directed by Wolfgang Petersen tells the whole 10 year story of the myth. The Trojan War happened in the Bronze Age and was a war between the Mycenaean-Greece kingdom and the kingdom of Troy. Homers Iliad is believed to be one of the first works of western literature and was set 500 years earlier than the time in which he lived. The Iliad is to be listened to, not read, unless you are the poet performing the epic. The poet would chant or sing the Iliad while being accompanied by lyre, to help tell the story. It had a set rhythm and metre in each line of the poem, which the poet had to follow but it is lost in translation as its original written language is Ancient Greek. The film Troy was released on the 14th May 2004 and is loosely based on the Iliad. Brad Pitt, who was 40 years old during the making of this movie, and stars as Achilles. The ending of the film is not from the Iliad but from Virgil’s Aeneid, as the Iliad ends with Hectors death and funeral.

First off, Homer's Iliad was the main source of influence for Wolfgang Petersen's film, Troy. However, even though it is directly influenced by the poem, Troy does not stay true to the poem for the entire movie. Some major difference's between Homer's Iliad and Wolfgang Petersen's film Troy, is that there was no mention of the Gods being participants in the battle of Troy. This was a major plot point in Homer's Iliad, as the Gods who fought on the battlefield had somewhat of an influence on the outcome of each battle and eventually the outcome of the war. By taking out the 'God' element that the original poem had, Wolfgang Petersen has given the film more room for human emotions. This allows themes like love to be much more emphasised than

It has influenced many literature and dramatic works, and it is also the only text that gives collective identity from the Trojan War. Whether the war happened is unanswerable, but the Greeks claim this war as the foundation of their culture. It was all influenced from Homer’s works and the perception of values and ethics from his narration. In 2004, Wolfgang Petersen directed a film that is evidentially a “loose adaption” of the Iliad. Both works examine the Trojan War and the wrath of Achilles on the city of Troy. There are obvious differences in the absence of the Greek Gods, change of plot, characters, and the theme of both pieces. However, Wolfgang Petersen created his own story by changing the direct details of the Iliad to display human interactions throughout the story to connect with audience in order to produce more revenue and viewings of the film.