Troy vs. The Iliad Essays

The Battle of Troy was historic battle that changed the way we safeguard our military bases and equipment. Many lessons were learned from the events leading to the fall of the Trojan army. The Trojan War between the Greeks and Trojans took place in the city of Troy during the Bronze Era. This was the first successful deception event conducted by an army and led the Greeks to seize and destroy the city of Troy.

At the beginning of the story, the gods are debating what to do with the Greeks after they pillaged Troy, but more specifically, violated Athena’s shrine. Athena asks for help and says to Poseidon, “I want to help the Trojans who were my enemies, and make the Greek army’s homecoming a bitter one.” (Euripides 63). To which Poseidon replies, “You’re so fickle. Your mind leaps here and there: now you hate, and now you love, and both in excess.” (Euripides 65). Even Poseidon admits to the “fickleness” of the goddess since her allies during the war were the Greeks. This lends itself to show that Helen could be telling the truth about the goddesses having an argument about the beauty of each other and Aphrodite forcing Helen to run away with Paris. Helen also helps her argument by pointing out that the fight was preordained by the gods based on the prophecy about Paris, and then blames Paris’s mother and father for letting Paris live, rather than slaying Paris and trying to stop the prophecy from coming true. Through the many effective arguments, Helen shows that she did not ask to be carried away by Paris and that she liked Menelaus. Menelaus seems very weak compared to Helen, especially since he seems to not be able to make up his mind whether to kill her or not. In the end, Menelaus seems to decide on letting her live, though he still tells

Troy is clearly the protagonist. He’s likable and complex. He’s the type of character that feels like he can attract talent, given his range of emotion and his deep, psychological need and inner struggle. Troy’s choices to find his biological family and give Gigi a ride move the story forward.

The myths of Achilles are well known, and are mentioned in modern society. But, they have been morphed to society’s desires. This is demonstrated in the movie Troy, where the stories have been changed for modern audience. The director condensed the story, and changed the story to show some romanticism and love. This is shown from the absence of the greek gods, significance of certain characters, inaccurate information, the morphed traits of certain characters, and the falsehood of romantic presence. In greek society the gods played a great role in the Trojan war, which was not mentioned in the movie.

During The Iliad we see the warrior ethos as being the main ethos, but as we transfer to The Odyssey we see the transformation from warrior ethos to domestic ethos. Furthermore, the novel is based on domestic ethos and how home affects the warrior. Throughout The Odyssey we see Odysseus trying to make his way home after the Trojan War. On his adventure home he goes through trials and challenges before he actually makes it home. He has to outsmart people to be able to get where he wants to with out dying. This task is not easy but eventually he makes it. Moreover, we realize that warrior ethos is not the major ethos represented in the novel. It is domestic ethos. Odysseus learns how to use the domestic ethos to his

Homer’s famous poem, the “Iliad,” is one of the most powerful pieces of literature which narrates the Trojan War from beginning to end. Moreover, this essay will focus on analyzing Homer’s ancient stories about the Trojan War and how movies, such as, “Troy,” have mercilessly altered and wrecked the essence of the epic poem. It will be argued that the film depicts a severely inaccurate chronological sequence and imprecise setting. Besides the mentioned, this writing will begin by scrutinizing the events in both the movie and the poem, and mentioning various archaeological evidences to testify their existence. Summarizing, there will be supported statements that will unveil the truth about Troy.

From the time humans are able to start comprehending basic instruction, they will be ceaselessly bombarded with advice from everyone, from their parents and priest to a stranger on the bus. Ranging from “don’t run with scissors!” and “eat your vegetables!” to “if you love it let it go” people have been giving and receiving advice for centuries. In spite of the ever changing world, it seems that human struggle remains constant. Through these centuries of struggle, humanity has been fortunate enough to preserve advice and information through the literature of many of the great scholars that set the framework for modern philosophy. In great texts and novels dating back to as early as 725 BC in Homer’s The Iliad, readers are exposed to the trials and triumphs of the past, different perspectives on life, and leadership strategies. This paper will review many of these classic texts and draw out the powerful messages and life advice riddled throughout them. Although diverse in genre, time of publication, and message, all of these books teach readers how to live and lead their societies, or in some of them, how not to.

Virgil 's Aeneid takes a character form Homer’s Odyssey and constructs a life for him beyond Homer’s ideas. It is quite obvious that Virgil was heavily influenced by both Homer’s writings, The Iliad and the Odyssey. Both stories tell of parallel journeys home from Troy at the end of the Trojan War. Homer’s Odysseus is returning to Greece and the family he left behind ten years ago. Virgil’s Aeneas, in contrast has been given a direct command by the God, Mercury to create a new Empire. Both men set out on their ships, into the Mediterranean Sea, and both encounter mythical creatures along the way. Sirens and harpies respectively curse and unsuccessfully attempt to lure the men off course. Bad weather however is noted to blow both ships off course. Aeneas lands on an island and lives with the beautiful Dido for a period of time, putting his journey to found a new city on hold. Similarly, Odysseus remained on the Island of Cyclops with the beautiful Calypso for several years, only leaving when the Gods command him to. The love in not everlasting and both tales tell of the men subsequently abandon their loving women waiting for them at home.

Hesiod and Homer are two extremely important philosophers who impact the rest of the philosophers and their opinions to this day. After going into depth and focusing on these two philosophers, I noticed a good amount of interesting similarities in their mythologies along with a couple of differences. As both of these men are known for their creations of very popular stories (The Iliad and The Odyssey for Homer and Theogony for Hesiod) through divine inspiration, a common theme in both of their mythologies is how important honor is to the gods and how consequences will follow if justice isn’t served. These philosophers have distinct differences in their beliefs as well. While Hesiod focuses on the creation and beginning of all things,

The Movie Troy has been one of the best Hollywood movies to be filmed. However, many historical events that took place in the movie, and the Iliad can be questioned whether or not they are reliable, creating controversy about the historical accuracy of the film. This essay will examine and evaluate the evidence, and compare the movie with archeological evidence about the Trojan War. It will be argued that the myth of Troy was altered while creating the epic movie, Troy, to make it more attractive for the audience. I will begin by introducing the source of the movie’s storyline.

The movie Troy is largely based off of The Iliad. However, it is also highly inspired by The Aeneid and The Odyssey. The massive guidance that The Aeneid and The Odyssey had on the movie are able to be seen in the ending of the movie as Troy is being sacked. The Trojan War makes Odysseus a hugely popular war hero in The Odyssey. However, there are many modifications made in the movie that create some discrepancies between the books and the movie. These discrepancies mostly involve the outcome of some of the more popular characters like Menelaus, Agamemnom and Helen. The movies portrayor of the outcomes and interactions of characters like these largely goes against how the books represent them.

The Iliad, starkly contrasts the fortune that accompanies pious behavior to the misfortune of those who reject it. As son of King Priam, Paris has a direct responsibility to protect the people and act as a mediator to appease the gods; instead, he avoids conflict by hiding from Menelaus at the palace in Troy (Lombardo 45-50). This neglect is especially hurtful because the war occurs after he seduces and subsequently steals Helen, wife of the Greek king Menelaus. It is

In Greek mythology, one of the most important wars fought during the Bronze Age was the Trojan War. The Trojan War took place around the 12th or 11th Century BC. One of the largest impacts this war had was the inspiration it provided to many famous writers of antiquity, which include writers such as Homer, Virgil, Herodotus and many others. One of the most important writers during the Greek Dark Ages was Homer, who I believe was the most influential writer of his time, and a writer who had truly made an impact on the evolution of Greek Culture following the Dark Ages. Two of Homer’s most famous poems were the Iliad and the Odyssey, which were Ancient Greek epic poems which covered a couple of weeks during the Trojan War. Although there

Homer was the ancient Greek poet said to have lived between around the 8th and 9th century B.C. Some believe that he was born on the island of Chios and others say he was in Ionia. He was said to be a court singer and a storyteller. He is famous for the writings of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey.

The gods have left the battle and the Achaeans beat back the Trojans. Menelaus wishes to accept a ransom for a captured Trojan but Agamemnon tells him to kill the Trojan outright. Nestor convinces the Achaeans not to loot their enemies but to fight on while the tide of battle is still in their favor. Helenus, a powerful soothsayer, asks Hector to have his mother and her nobles pray to Athena, and for him to rally Paris to fight again. Hector is successful with both tasks but before returning to battle he goes to see his wife, Andromache. She begs him not to return to battle but he refuses saying that it is his fate, to live or to die there. He then kisses and plays with his son before departing and rejoining the battle.