Unintended Consequences Of Chryses's Agamemnon

Also many times, heroes have been harshly insulted and cannot endure the insults. He feels that he must defend his honor, even to the cost of his own life. Such evidence is pointed out during the argument between Agamemnon and Achilleus about the capture of Chryseis. Chryses, Chryseis's father, pleads for help from Apollo, who then sends a plague

First of all, King Agamemnon is arrogant because of his selfishness also the arrogance caused him become more greedy in a way. The narrator introduces a conflict involving Chryses and Agamemnon by linking it to a plague that Apollo sent after Agamemnon deprived the daughter of him. When Chryseis is captured in a Greek siege, the priest, Chryses comes to their camp bringing the glorious ransom to exchange for her release. However, Agamemnon sent him rudely off and laid on him a harsh command: “Let me not find you, old man, beside

Since hospitality is important to the characters in this text, when it is ignored there are important shifts in the text. For example, Chryses, whose daughter has been stolen from him by Agamemnon, gives ransom to retrieve his daughter, but is declined. This event causes him to call out to Apollo to send a plague upon the Greek soldiers as he says, “Let the Danaans pay for my tears with your arrows!” (1.51). This quote shows how inhospitable acts cause characters to react violently as a result of their pain. Since Agamemnon refuses to be hospitable and accept Chryses’ ransom, he faces severe consequences as many of his men suffer from sickness and death. This shows how, when the importance of being hospitable is ignored, extreme measures are taken in result of inhospitable behavior. Not only does this reaction by Chryses affect Agamemnon, but his men too. This is a prime example of the broad ramifications that come from ignoring hospitality as Chryses did not seek to hurt just Agamemnon but even the soldiers who did no harm to him. While ignoring hospitality results in external consequences, it also negatively impacts internally. When a character decides to be inhospitable, it affects the character development and keeps them from growing. For example, Menelaus decides to be inhospitable by refusing the death

Had Agamemnon demonstrated the same sort of compassion towards the supplicant Chryses, the Greeks would have been spared the wrath of Apollo. Hector's compassion and his respect for the gods, engenders the trust and respect of his people, and makes him an ideal leader.

The Mytileneans lacked trust in the Athenians so they started seeking support out of the alliance. They turned to the Peloponnesians for support to leave the Athenian’s. The Peloponnesians agreed but couldn’t provide much help since they were across the ocean. The Mytileneans took actions into their own hands and started revolting. Word of the revolt got the Athenians and they were not happy. They went to Mytilene and took every rebel that could be found. The oligarchic leaders of Mytilene were taken by Athenian general, Paches. The Mytileneans asked that no one be killed until they were fairly represented in count in Athens. Once at court, the speech of Cleon persuaded everyone to follow through with the death and enslavement of the Mytileneans

(absent without leave) However, in his defense, Agamemnon should have just done what the priest requested. Unfortunately, Akhilleus misses an opportunity to fix his mistake, when Agamemnon sent an offer of

As Agamemnon and Achilles fight over what should be done, Agamemnon makes the comment that “it would be a disgrace to be the sole Greek without a prize of honour” (Homer 42; Book 1). Since Agamemnon was awarded Chryseis as a prize for being a good soldier and for being brave it would have been a huge sign of disrespect to Agamemnon to have to give her up .

Yet Agamemnon does go on to murder his daughter. In his society was he free to make any other decision? He says, "How shall I become the deserter of my fleet and fail my allies?" (Agam., 41) The question of whether he should inflict so much suffering on his family is not even mentioned. Agamemnon is obviously feeling societal pressure to sacrifice Iphigeneia, yet one must question if he had any possible alternatives. If he had said "no," he could have faced revolt, and he would have been considered weak by other men. Yet to whom did he owe his first allegiance? Was war really so much of a social ideal, or was it possible for Agamemnon to have made a different choice and saved his daughter? At this point it is very conceivable that Iphigeneia had to be sacrificed, but why exactly did the whole situation get this far?

If he does not sacrifices her daughter than the Gods get angry because of faith and everyone’s sealed by destiny. The Gods are in a higher standing than Zeus. Agamemnon choose to sacrifices her daughter thus Clytemnestra act of revenge. 4. How does Aegisthus understand the meaning or value of his act of revenge against Agamemnon?

Achilleus’ wrath is a way in which his individualistic heroism is represented. (Add in how fate is represented by actions) The first stage of his wrath, towards Agamemnon, illustrates how he values his own life and pride over the fate of the army: “For not worth the value of my life are all possessions they fable were won for Ilion…”, Achilleus expresses his disdain towards Agamemnon’s peace offerings, claiming his life is worth more than the petty gifts. Achilleus refuses to fight and accepts of an inglorious fate because of his wounded pride and cynicism towards fate. This is individualistic because since he does not care for the glorious fate which in turn allows others to die. If it was the glorious fate that mattered to him, he wouldn’t have let others steal his victories. Instead he is only looking out for his needs. It is only for personal gain that Achilleus accepts his glorious fate, “He’s fallen

Agamemnon’s earlier actions throughout “The Iliad” has proven him to be one of the cruelest, most greedy, and ruthless men of the Achaeans. He forced his most fierce warrior, Achilles, to capitulate his prize possession after he was cursed for stealing initially. The crusade Agamemnon led through the town of Troy makes it easier to understand why Agamemnon is hell-worthy and a great candidate for phase four specifically. A crusade can be defined as any vigorous, aggressive movement for the defense or advancement of an idea, cause, etc...If Dante were to ever encounter Agamemnon he would adjudge Agamemnon’s behavior as satisfying towards the ruler of Hell.

Achilleus felt that his ego was tested when he was asked to return her. This went hand in

The two scenes in Book VI contrasts the different personalties of Agamemnon and Diomedes. As Menelaus was about to spare the life of Adrestus for a ransom, Agamemnon intervenes, pressuring his brother that “No baby boy still in his mother’s belly,/ not even he escape—all Ilium blotted out,/ no tears for their lives, no markers for their graves!”(VI. 68-70) Agamemnon did not give Adrestus a fair fight, but killed him as he pleaded for his life. Anything in his way is an enemy, and thus does not permit any sympathy or mercy. He does not desire peace after years of war; he wants blood, riches, and glory. In comparison, Diomedes wants nothing but an end to the war. Once realizing that Glaucus’s ancestors were friends of his, “Diomedes spirits

Agamemnon returns from Troy, a victorious general, bringing home spoils, riches and fame. He is murdered on the same day as he returns. Clytemnestra, his adulterous wife, has laid in wait for her husband's homecoming and kills him whilst he is being bathed after his long journey. During the Agamemnon, large proportions of the Queen's words are justifications for her action, which is very much concerned with the sacrifice of Iphigenia to the gods, in order for the fleet to set sail for Troy. Aegisthus, the new husband of the Queen Clytemnestra, and partner in the conspiracy to murder the war hero, had reasons, which stemmed from the dispute between the Houses of Atreus and Thyestes. Was the

From the point of Clytemnestra and Cassandra and how she describes him as a warrior. Clytemnestra tells us that Agamemnon fought in troy by saying “ The Achaeans hold Troy in their hands today. The city, I think, rings with a sharp clash of cries that will not blend. Pour vinegar and oil in one bowl, and you would say the two like enemies shun one another; just so you could tell the conquered from the conquerors, each crying their different fates