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Why did Hector tell the Trojan women to make offerings to Athena?
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∙ 9y ago
Because it was a competition to see which goddess was the fairest. Aphrodite promised Paris that she would make Helen fall in love with him and that was his prize for choosing her as the most fair.
Maybe Paris is a little feckless and fickle, sort of silly. Paris was offered Kingdoms by Hera queen of the Gods, and wisdom by Athena, he turned them both down for the most beautifuk woman, and this led to the Trojan War where Paris may have been killed. On the other hand, Zeus does not randomly pick Paris, because Paris had a reputation for gracefully conceding defeat, as in the contest as to whose bull was greatest: Paris' or Ares, who incarnated himself as a divine bull, nothing better. Paris refuses to give Helen back to the Greeks as a way to avert the Trojan War. Even when he is pressed by his brother Hector and the Trojan elders (?).
He didn't. He gave the apple to Aphrodite.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 9y agoBecause Athena was the Goddess of war, so it was thought to bring luck to give offering to the goddess of war, so that she would favour their side. she would not help them though because she was rooting for the greeks. go bulldogs!
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∙ 14y agoShe had promised Helen to the Trojan prince Paris, in return for pronouncing Aphrodite the winner of a beauty contest between three goddesses.
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∙ 13y agoAphrodite is the mother of Aineas, she protected him during the war so he wouldn't get killed and this led to the Aeneid by Virgil. Also, one of Diomedes deed's was wounding Aphrodite's hand.
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What is the implication of this statement 'the Trojan women have gone to Athena's temple to make supplications?
The women went to the temple to pray for protection and for their city to be spared. They were in fear because their town was being overrun and their best warriors were being killed. -sandie :)
What are the 7 outstanding episodes of Iliad?
The Seven Outstanding Episodes of Iliad: 1) The Quarrel Between Agamemnon & Achilles 2) The Single Combat Between Menelaus & Paris 3) The Farewell of Hector from Andromache 4) The Single Combat Between Aias (a.k.a. Ajax) & Hector 5) The Games Played at the Funeral of Patroclos 6) The Ransoming of the Dead Body of Hector by His Father, King Priam 7) The Lamentations of the Trojan Women Over the Dead Body of Hector
How are mortal women viewed in Homer's 'The Iliad'?
Mortal Women are tricky. In one instance, Helen (a mortal women) has started the Trojan War. Paris has stolen her from Menelaus and Menelaus and his brother Agamemnon with help of allied Bronze Age settlements go to Troy to get her back. Helen speaks openly and advises the father of Paris and Hector, Priam and argues with the goddess Aphrodite. Then you have Andromache, the wife of Hector who takes care of her family and begs Hector not to fight for she will be enslaved once he is dead by the Greeks. Hector hears her but does not do as she asks, for his duty to Troy and his own culture is more important. The there is Bresius and Crieses- War prizes who are considered nothing but loot to the Greeks. Though the taking of Cresies from Agamemnon and Bresius from Achilles sparks a feud between the two, it just as well may have been a vase or a necklace. There is a spectrum of the women in the Iliad, though none of them even Helen is above man.
What three women help Odysseus on his journey?
Circe, Calypso, Ino, and Nausicaa help Odysseus. Athena helps Odysseus as well.
What does hector ask of Achilles as he is dying?
"i beg you, beg you by your life, your parents-dont let the dogs devour me by the Argive ships!... but give my body to friends to carry home again, so Trojan men and Trojan women can do me honor with fitting rites of fire once i am dead"
What is the implication of this statement 'the Trojan women have gone to Athena's temple to make supplications?
The women went to the temple to pray for protection and for their city to be spared. They were in fear because their town was being overrun and their best warriors were being killed. -sandie :)
What has the author Tonya Hays written?
Tonya Hays has written: 'The Trojan women' 'The Trojan women'
What happended to the Trojan Women after the war?
After the Trojan war, the women of Troy were taken back to Greece and sold as slaves.
What are the 7 outstanding episodes of Iliad?
The Seven Outstanding Episodes of Iliad: 1) The Quarrel Between Agamemnon & Achilles 2) The Single Combat Between Menelaus & Paris 3) The Farewell of Hector from Andromache 4) The Single Combat Between Aias (a.k.a. Ajax) & Hector 5) The Games Played at the Funeral of Patroclos 6) The Ransoming of the Dead Body of Hector by His Father, King Priam 7) The Lamentations of the Trojan Women Over the Dead Body of Hector
Which women was blamed for the Trojan War?
Helen of Troy
Who was the greek tragedy writer of the trojan women?
Euripides
Is slippery potential towards women characterized the story trojan war?
The Trojan Women we see that the slave women possess a nobility of mind that stands in striking contrast to the inhumanity of the victorious Greek warriors.
What do the women do when they see Hector's body?
In Book 24, the Trojan women mourn Hector, after a truce has been agreed by both sides, that they will not fight for 11 days while Hector's body is prepared for a funeral and celebrations.Cassandra is the first one to see Hector's body. She cries and announces to the whole city of Hector's death. The city greets Priam (who has retrieved his son's body from Achilles) and Hector and the women being to weep. The women gather behind Andromache and Hecuba who are right next to Hector's body; they tear their hair and touch his head.When Hector has been lain on a bed, the women continue to mourn while singers chant a sorrowful song beside them. Andromacheleads the lamentation, saying how their son will grow up without a father (similar to Book 6), she correctly foreshadows that their son will be hurled from the walls and how they are all doomed since Hector was the defender of Troy and there is now no one to protect them. She says her pain cannot compare to the others' as she regrets that he did not die next to her; in each other's arms. This is a very intimate speech, focussing on family and ongoing personal pain.Hecuba then calls Hector the dearest of all her sons, she remembers how Achilles killed/captured her other sons and then remarks how Hector's body has been preserved by Apollo. She cries.Lastly, Helen speaks about how she loved Hector the most of all Paris's brothers, but wishes she had died before Paris took her for his own. She recalls how he never did any wrong towards her and that he was her only friend, thus she mourns for herself as well as she thinks only Hector could protect her from others. She also speaks through her tears.(These speeches in Book 24 are reminiscent of those in Book 6, they are the same women speaking to Hector and instead of ascending in impact, as in Book 6, they descend as if coming to a close instead of setting up the story for Hector).
Who is the author in the Trojan War?
Homer is the author who wrote about the Trojan War in his epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey.
That Helen's kidnapping was worth the Trojan war and why?
Because the Trojan war was fought over a women and all the men knew what they were fighting for!
Who was the women who caused the Trojan war?
Helen, wife of king Menelaus, stole his wealth and ran off with the Trojan prince Paris.
Why does Zeus tell the story of Aegisthus to Athena?
to emphasize that women are troublesome
