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This essay discusses Homer's ancient classic epic, The Iliad, and the film Troy (2004, directed by William Petersen), indicating ...

This essay utilizes a feministic approach and an anthropological approach to interpretation of Homer's Iliad. Eight pages in lengt...

the foot of power!/Nothing care I for Zeus" (Aeschylus). In other words, Prometheus will not succumb to tyranny and a power that r...

ultimately started the war, Priam, his father and the king of Troy, and Hector, the other son of Priam. While there are other impo...

no power and they were possessions. So in that respect with Paris of Troy stealing something from Athens was cause enough for batt...

as Achilles, this is the good life. He is not a character who seems to desire times of peace or quiet but rather a man who is happ...

and she wishes that she were "wife to a better man" (Homer Book VI). Through Helens eyes and, also, through Homers portrayal of He...

but also by the fact that he is the king, and his people protect him rather than urging him onto the front lines as they might a y...

of the gods in these works appears to be more focused on generating chaos than introducing peace and tranquility to the universe. ...

ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...

book, Ares is battling Diomedes; he thrusts at him but Athena knocks his spear away and Diomedes stabs the god. Ares flies up to O...

ugliness of battle and death. Homers soldiers do not die cleanly and quickly; they suffer, they claw the ground; they cry out an...

Achilles is well aware that he is mortal and that his life will be brief, and Thetis recognition of his mortality "contrasts sharp...

(Tracy). He traveled from place to place and although poor and impoverished at many points in his life, he was also warmly receive...

line "yet this is the shepherd of the city, wise, comely and resolute" points up the difference in the qualities that the king sho...

without specifically worrying about success or failure, "they cannot be stained by action" (Harrison, 1996). Hearing this, Arjuna ...

deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...

in war. Helen had no power, and no women in the story had power. Helen was simply a symbol of beauty and purity and hence justifie...

its absolutely necessary, but then he wants something in return, because if he does lose her its a matter of honor. Achilles tries...

This 3 page paper discusses the role women play in "The Iliad" when it comes to marriage and sexual relationships; it also discuss...

and also provided insight into the character when she brazenly broke with firmly held tradition. For example, in Homers Iliad and ...

that allows the poem to celebrate or immortalize its national culture (Epic Poetry). The distinguishing characteristics of Homers...

film we have Joe who has suffered incredible wounds in WWI. He cannot talk nor can he see. He cannot hear and his arms and legs ar...

we mortals bear perforce, although we suffer; for they are much stronger than we. But now I will teach you clearly, telling you th...

occurs near the end of the conflict. These two warriors fight over who has the greater claim to a captive woman who is also the d...

what fairy tales are, in relationship to other types of stories. In doing this we focus on the work of Marie-Louis Von Franz, a ve...

In a more recent translation we note a great deal of anger and a powerful sense of revenge, as we see in the following excerpt fro...

in the following: "Oh be it ours to come to Theseus famous realm, a land of joy! Never, never let me see Eurotas swirling tide, ha...

being mindful of his station. Agamemnon is the king of the Achaeans, and Nestor has no designs on Agamemnons position. He does w...

and the Greek forces suffer mightily without their hero. Later in the narrative, his anger propels him into battle. But, just as a...