Agamemnon Essay

praying to the gods because Agamemnon took his daughter away from him, and begins to shoot pestiferous arrows upon Agamemnon’s army. Apollo is angry at Agamemnon for denying Khryses his daughter, and yet the whole camp suffers because of Agamemnon’s decision. After nine days of watching friend and companions die, Akhilleus is the one who goes to find out the cause of Apollos anger. The diviner, Kalkhas, tells Agamemnon and Akhilleus, “It is the man of prayer whom Agamemnon

Thetis. Achilles is the strongest of the Achaean men, full of honor, self-pride, and dignity. In Homer’s The Iliad, Achilles fights to take back his honor, crippled by the loss of his treasures, to prove his worth to the army and to Agamemnon, and to take revenge on Agamemnon for being selfish, controlling, and for diminishing Achilles’ image. Honor is the fundamentals of a man in this time period. A man who has honor has things to prove he is a strong and capable man. For the past nine years, the

admitting Agamemnon has various good traits. It is fairly clear that Achilles, though he had made some poor decisions, is the better Man. As previously stated a trait that makes a man good is integrity. So who has integrity? Agamemnon the powerful king, or Achilles the Warlord of godlike nature? Most people would say Achilles because in the Iliad we see that he gives up Bryseis, in order to make Agamemnon give back the woman he stole from the Priest of Apollo Chryses. He does this because Agamemnon will

Cassuis, and Titinius in Julius Caesar and the personas of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon in Agamemnon express arrogance in unique ways. In both William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and Aeschylus’ Agamemnon arrogance is exhibited to the point of narcissism, ignorance, or hubris. Arrogance is an exaggerated sense of ones own importance or abilities. It is often associated with strong male characters, but in Julius Caesar and Agamemnon the women also had their eyes clouded by different forms of arrogance. Arrogance

powerful characters in the epic poem are Agamemnon, Achilles, Odysseus, Thersites, Menelaus, Hector and Helen are just a few of the many characters used in the poem. What makes these characters stand out are the vivid descriptions and actions Homer portrays in the poem. The characters of these individuals are based on their morals, actions, personality and way of thinking. Characters such

In finding out that Agamemnon sacrificed their youngest daughter (Iphigeneia), it caused Clytemnestra to have a bitter resentment towards him, that would only be quenched by his blood. She is essentially rapturous that the Greeks had won and were returning back home, implying it to be because of her love for Agamemnon when in reality it was towards her affords to get an opportunity at her desire for revenge. She is exulted

The poem begins with the clash between Achilles and Agamemnon and it ends with the resolution of Achilles’ fury after the death of Patroclus. These two instances of anger have different causes, but Achilles reacts to them in a similar manner. Achilles’ anger frames The Iliad, as the poem starts and ends with his anger. In Book 1, 6, and 9, Achilles’ anger is directed at Agamemnon, who intends to take Achilles’ prize, Briseis for himself. Agamemnon, King of Mycenae and the leader of the Achaean army

between the Akhaians and the Trojans, but between Agamemnon, the leader of the Greek army, and Akhilleus, the army's finest warrior. The entire fight was caused by their stubbornness and pride. It all started when they sacked a nearby city and took several women as prizes. One of the women, Khryseis, was given to Agamemnon. Her father, Khryses, wanted her back and offered an enormous amount to him just to get his daughter back. But since Agamemnon saw her as a prize to him for

Clytemnestra, the wife of Agamemnon, is defined by the watchmen as masculine “that woman -- she maneuvers like a man” (Agamemnon line 11) and this is further reinforced by the chorus when he tells Clytemnestra “Lady, you speak as wisely as a prudent man” (Agamemnon Line 351). With women in Greek society being perceived as submissive and modest it can be understood why the male characters speak

some feed into it. In the beginning of the book Agamemnon seems to be self centered with the way he leads. Achilles tries to defend the people by exclaiming why it’s wrong for agamemnon to take all the prizes that his men have worked for. Agamemnon basically thinks he has higher seniority which means he gets to pick the best prizes to have amongst his men that they worked for. When achilles doesn't agree with this he threatens to leave and agamemnon says “Fly if you will, I shall make you no prayers