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    The Iliad By Homer

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    The Iliad by Homer depicts the great struggle by Agamemnon and the Greeks to take the mighty city state of Troy and return Helen to her rightful husband, Menelaus. While many ponder if the war actually happened, or why the gods always seemed to be more human than humans themselves, few ask the key but often overlooked question; why is Agamemnon the leader of the Greeks in the first place? What happened that put him in charge of the Greek forces? Why does there seem to be an underlying resentment

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    In Homer’s The Iliad, women can often be overshadowed by the strong male warriors that dominate the epic poem. However, many women in The Iliad are central to the plot; without these women the poem would have a drastically different story. The influence of women in The Iliad varies from woman to woman, usually having some effect on the plot, but the extent of their involvement is typically dependent on their status in society. However, even when a woman is in a position of great power, she is still

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    “Helen of Troy was the daughter of Zeus and Leda in Greek mythology. She has a twin sister named Clytemnestra as well as her twin brothers Castor and Pollux (Dioscuri). Helen was considered to be the most beautiful woman in the known world. As a young girl she was abducted by Theseus, who left her in the care of his mother but Helen was later rescued by her brothers when they invaded Athens. Many suitors tried to win Helen’s hand after her return and eventually Menelaus brother of Agamemnon become

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    offers victory in battle and supreme wisdom. But Aphrodite offers the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen, wife of Menelaus, the ruler of Sparta. Paris proclaims Aphrodite the fairest of all and anticipates his prize. Then, Paris travels to Sparta, where Menelaus and Helen treat him royally until Menelaus has to travel to Crete to conduct business. In Menelaus' absence, Paris abducted Helen and returns with her to Troy. When Menelaus heard about his wife’s kidnapping, he immediately goes to his

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    Human nature has its way of dictating through all periods in time. While things have changed, people have not. Humans have learned from their mistakes, but the human instinct remains the same. Throughout time, women have held a dominance in society, even though women’s rights were lacking. In the works of John Milton’s Paradise Lost, Alexander Pope’s The Rape of the Lock, and William Butler Yeats’ Leda and the Swan, women did not have the rights they deserve in these points of time, but all were

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    Murder!? If we murder someone because we’re incompetent, does that mean our acts are justified? What if we murder someone to save an entire nation, are we above the law? How about murder due to rage, anger, vengeance?. don’t know exactly how the law works but do know that certain murderers are set free. Why? Motives. Motives that are behind the crime. The play Oresteia, is a play based on tragedies, violence, sufferings and lessons. It was originally written around 452 BC by Aeschylus, a tragedian

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    the Gods. The Gods seemingly use the mortals to settle their own disputes. The Trojan war, which the Iliad is based on, is said to have started from Paris declaring that Aphrodite is the prettiest of the goddesses. Aphrodite in turn, awarded Paris, Helen of Troy, who was married to Menelaus. Menelaus then asked for help from the Greeks, and ignited the Trojan war. In book 1, it is mentioned that “and when he(the old man) had gone some distance the priest prayed to Lord Apollo, son of Silken-Haired

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    know as religious leader of the people. “The word ‘Pharaoh’ is the Greek form of the Egyptian ‘pero’ or ‘per-a-a’ which was the designation for the royal residence and means ‘Great House. In Greek history about Helen of Troy, known as Helen of Sparta was the most beautiful women in Sparta. Helen was married to Menelaus of Sparta even though she in with Paris. As she went to be with Paris

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    While many accounts of the Trojan war differ by Author, the motivation that drove the war remains the same by all accounts, which was the beauty of Helen Of Troy. It is said that the Trojan war was a battle to rescue the most beautiful woman on earth. Being a woman myself I am very aware of the influence that a woman can have on a man’s way of thinking and behaving but can beauty alone be the thriving force to sail 1000 ships in its pursuit, 10,000 soldiers in its conquest, and engage in a 10

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    Honour and glory are central to the Greek character. Since heroes are the essence of the society from which they come, Greek heroes live their lives according to honour and glory, in all their varied forms. Honour and glory trigger an epic war that takes the lives of numerous men, and shape its development at every stage. The fall of Troy is “a thing… whose glory shall perish never (Homer, Iliad 2.324)”. The goal of the Greeks is the fame that resounds even after death, and they let nothing bar their

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