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Which book tells the story of one Greek hero trying to get home after the Trojan War?
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The Iliad tells the story of the?
It tells a few weeks of the legendary 10 years of the Trojan War.It is more properly called The Wrath of Achilles - how Achilles was overcome with anger when king Agamemnon pinched his favourite slave girl, sulked in his tent until Hector killed his boyfriend Patrocolos, then reentered battle, killed Hector and humiliated his body.
Are the anead Iliad and the oddesy the same story?
No. Both epic poems were written by Homer (Greek). The Iliad tells the story of the Trojan War, about the last year of the war. The chief protagonists are Achilles, Agamemnon, Patroclus, Hector, Paris. The Odyssey is about a Greek hero, Odysseus. After the Trojan War, he started his 10 year long journey home (to Itacha), where everybody thought he was dead. Only his wife Penelpoe believed that he would come home. On his journey he had many adventures (the one-eyed Polyphemus, the Sirens, Circe, etc) and finally he got home.
Friend of Patroclus in Homer'd Iliad?
Patroclus is Achilles friend in the Illiad.
What is the difference between the contents of the story of The Iliad and The Odyssey?
The Iliad is a story about something that happened during the Trojan War. It takes place at the beginning of the tenth year of the war. It tells how the Greek hero Achilles became angry at the Greek commander and withdrew from the fighting. How his friend Patroclus, trying to take his place, was killed in battle by the Trojan hero Hector. Achilles, even more enraged, returns to battle and kills Hector but refuses to return his body for proper burial, instead dragging it around behind his chariot for days. Eventually Hector's father, King Priam, goes pesonally to Achilles to beg for his son's body. Achilles relents and returns it. The Odyssey on the other hand takes place after the Trojan War. It tells of the adventures of the Greek Hero Odysseus in trying to get home after the war and how, after many wanderings and adventures he has to fight to regain his kingdom which had only been barely preserved for him by the pluck and courage of his faithful wife.
What happen to Oprah in April 13 1964?
Oprah is mentioned in the Book of Ruth and was from Moab. The story tells that she died from the effort of trying to hinder Abishai from killing her son.
What story tells about the Trojan war?
The lliad written by Homer an ancient Greek writter.
What tells the story of the last years of the Trojan War?
The Iliad tells the story of the last months of the Trojan War.
What tells the story of a man and his crew after the Trojan war?
The Aeneid tells the story following the Trojan war. It is written by Virgil.
Which play tells the story of the Trojan war?
The Trojan War is depicted in Homer's Book the Illiad.
What is the prequel to The Odyssey?
The prequel to The Odyssey is the epic poem called The Iliad, written by the ancient Greek poet Homer. It tells the story of the Trojan War, focusing on the conflict between the Greek hero Achilles and the Trojan prince Hector.
Which book tells the story of the Trojan war?
The Iliad, by Homer.
What was Homer's Iliad about?
It tells about the battles and hero conflicts of the Greek-Trojan War.
What epic poem tells the story of the last months of the Trojan War?
The epic poem that tells the story of the last months of the Trojan War is "The Aeneid" by the Roman poet Virgil. It follows the Trojan hero Aeneas as he flees the fall of Troy and eventually founds Rome.
Which movie tells the story of the Trojan war?
The most recent, and I think the best, is "Troy".
When the play actors perform for the try out in front of Hamlet what story does the actor tell?
He tells the story of the fall of Troy, as told by Aeneas to Dido, queen of Carthage. Aeneas was a Trojan who escaped the fall of Troy, and he is telling about how the Greek soldier Pyrrhus killed the elderly Trojan king Priam in the presence of his wife Hecuba. The story is from Virgil's poem The Aeneid.
Who tells of The Odyssey and the Trojan war?
Homo wrote Iliad and Odyssey. Homo is an ancient Greek plankton.
What Homer poem tells the story of the final years of Trojan War and the hero Achilles?
the Iiliad
