After feeling stripped of honor by Agamemnon who openly berates Achilles and strips him of a woman favor, Achilleus asks his mother to appeal to Zeus so that he may ensure the victory of the Trojans until he returns to the battlefield; thus proving that Achilleus' hand in instrumental in Greek victory, and not to mention to subject Agamemnon to having to beg for Achilleus' participation.
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After feeling stripped of honor by Agamemnon who openly berates Achilles and strips him of a woman favor, Achilleus asks his mother to appeal to Zeus so that he may ensure the victory of the Trojans until he returns to the battlefield; thus proving that Achilleus' hand in instrumental in Greek victory, and not to mention to subject Agamemnon to having to beg for Achilleus' participation.
The Iliad and the Odyssey are two epic poems written by Homer (Ομηρος) around the 9th century BC. They are two of the oldest recorded written works in history. The Iliad deals with a ten-year war between the Greeks and Trojans, called the Siege of Troy, (Ilion=Troy). It centers around Achilles, the great Greek hero who was dipped in the River Styx when he was young and whose only weak spot was his heel. He was killed when Apollo helped one of his enemies shoot an arrow into his heel, which is why we 1) call part of our heel the Achilles' Heel, and 2) call our weak spot our Achilles' Heel. The Odyssey is about Odysseus's voyage from the war back home to Ithaca, which took another 10 years. There are many translations of these two poems, including shortened versions which are easier to understand.
After feeling stripped of honor by Agamemnon who openly berates Achilles and strips him of a woman favor, Achilleus asks his mother to appeal to Zeus so that he may ensure the victory of the Trojans until he returns to the battlefield; thus proving that Achilleus' hand in instrumental in Greek victory, and not to mention to subject Agamemnon to having to beg for Achilleus' participation.
We don't know. The Confederate commander who shouted "There is Jackson standing like a stone wall!" was mortally wounded later in the day, so nobody was able to ask him whether he was praising him for standing fast or criticising him for not coming across to help his own brigade.
It was a Confederate officer, Brigadier-General Barnard Bee at Bull Run (Manassas), the war's first major battle. He is known to have shouted "There is Jackson standing like a stone wall!", and then supposedly added "Rally behind the Virginians!" That is the favorable interpretation of the nickname - praising Jackson for holding his position at a bad moment in the battle. Others have claimed that he was criticizing Jackson for not coming across to help Bee's own brigade. At any rate, Bee was mortally wounded later the same day, so nobody was able to ask him which version he meant!
T.J. Jackson. It was at the war's first pitched battle (Bull Run), where a Confederate Brigade-commander, Barnard Bee shouted "There is Jackson standing like a stone wall!" It is not known whether he was praising Jackson for standing fast or criticizing him for not coming over to help. As Bee was mortally wounded in the battle, nobody was able to ask him which one he meant!
I can't imagine why you would ask such a question. All soldiers help each other that are wounded and don't leave them behind.
I can't imagine why you would ask such a question. All soldiers help each other that are wounded and don't leave them behind.
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General Barnard Bee, who was credited with giving T.J.Jackson his sobriquet 'Stonewall'. There were two versions of what Bee meant by "There is Jackson standing like a stone wall." One was Bee praising Jackson for his stout defence of the position. The other was Bee criticizing him for not coming over to help. Bee was mortally wounded and died soon after, so nobody had a chance to ask him which version was correct!
It was in the first pitched battle of the war (Manassas/Bull Run). There are two versions of the story. It is known that a Confederate Brigadier called Barnard Bee shouted "There is Jackson, standing like a stone wall." He is then supposed to have shouted "Rally behind the Virginians!" In this version, he is praising Jackson for his courage. In the other version, he is criticizing Jackson for not coming across to help his own brigade. As Bee was mortally wounded later the same day, nobody was able to ask him which version was the true one. Everyone likes to think it was the first.
It was at the First Battle of Bull Run, when Brigadier-General Barnard Bee shouted "There is Jackson standing like a stone wall!" It is possible that this was meant as a criticism - that Jackson was slow in coming across to help Bee's brigade. But Southerners prefer to think that it was meant as a compliment to Jackson's stout defence of his position, and Bee is supposed to have added "Rally behind the Virginians!" As Bee was mortally wounded later that day, no-one was able to ask him which version was correct.