Iliad

The Iliad is a collection of poems by Homer describing the 10-year siege on Troy by Greeks in what is now famously referred to as the Trojan War. Several Greek and Trojan characters are worth a special mention in these Homeric poems because of the roles they played in the battles before the war was won, how they conducted themselves to help eventually win the war for their side. This paper specifically investigates the writings in the Homeric poems to look are important in the overall text. The

The women of the Iliad play significant roles in the Trojan war, regardless of whether or not their role is active. Although they do not take up arms and fight, Chryseis, Briseis, Helen, and Andromache all impact both the outcome of the war as well as the lives and reputations of those in it. Chryseis, the first woman to be mentioned in the Iliad, is the one who inadvertently sets off a chain of events that would ultimately determine the outcome of the war. Because Agamemnon refused to return

Throughout the epic of the Iliad, there are a multitude of moral lessons. It is a story of war, loss, love, and forgiveness. The main character, Achilles, faces many difficult decisions where he is faced with discerning what is right and what is wrong. This is the focus of the epic in whole, but there is a definite emphasis on morality in Book 24. In this book, not only does Achilles face this struggle, but Priam as well. The vision of morality that emerges from the Iliad is understanding the importance

Bravery, Duty,and Honor in the Iliad Have you ever been faced with fear, where your life has been in danger? Or could you imagine having to prepare daily, for life-and-death risks of going into battle. Personal honor, duty, reputation and bravery is not only the main idea in the epic the Iliad, but all these characteristics are very powerful throughout the poem. This code of ethics, the key elements in the Iliad has several different causes for many of the situations that occur throughout the

The gods of the Iliad are a unique set of “individuals”. Unlike the omnipresent god of the Christian who is above man in wisdom, power and character, these gods are portrayed as a family. Here’s a family of bickering members who seek attention, get jealous and generally act as a typical extended family unit. My thesis thus is that gods are not impotent but are in a lot aggrandized versions of man who control the fate of man. Gods as stated earlier are very much like man. One way to see this analogy

Homer’s epic The Iliad, is a great tale of war and glory. It takes place during the last year of the ten year Greek-Trojan war. The Greeks have been fighting with the Trojans for quite some time, and just when peace seemed like a possibility, the youngest prince of Troy, Paris, acts out selfishly and steals the beautiful wife of Menelaus, Helen. This instigates the fighting again. Throughout The Iliad, Homer tells of two heroes, both similar, but also very different in their character; the great

In the Essential Iliad the period in which the occasions occurred were not quite the same as today. In those days, the most essential part of life for a man was to be remembered and to be a hero. One's pride would precede everything else. In the present day, this idea would be thought of as foolish. But, that is how life went on in times of past. Therefore, the Iliad shows how Hector, Patroclus, and Achilles are more concerned about their pride and honored place in the world than their gifts

the past about ancient Greece is The Iliad. The Iliad is an epic poem, composed through oral tradition around 800-725 B.C. and is credited to be written down by the poet Homer sometime between 725 and 675 B.C. (“Reading”). Because The Iliad was composed through oral narrative story telling before it was credited to one poet, it combined the history, legends, and religious beliefs of ancient Greece through many accounts of the epic. Specifically, The Iliad Book 1 reveals how

The Iliad is a collection of poems written by Homer describing the 10-year siege of the city of Troy by Greeks in what is now famously known as the Trojan War. Several characters stand out in the series of poems because of the roles they played in the war, how they behaved and the acts they took to help eventually win the war for the Greeks (then known as Akhaians). This paper specifically investigates the writings in Books two, four, thirteen, sixteen and seventeen and why the events in these books

In Ancient Greece honor was important. In the Iliad it says “Now be men, my friends! Courage, come, take heart! Dread what comrades say of you here in bloody combat! When men dread that, more men come through alive-- When soldiers break and run, good-bye glory, good-bye all defenses!” The only way Greeks believe they could earn honor was by fighting. Although fighting for an important cause does bring honor it is not the only way humans earn honor. One way people can receive honor comes from age