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The Iliad
The Iliad is an epic poem written by Homer. In the poem, the Trojan War in Greece is being fought. The combatants of the war are the Greeks and the Trojans. Any questions regarding the Trojan Horse can also be place here.
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How long is Homer's book The Iliad?
Homer's The Iliad is an epic poem that contains 15,693 lines. It is written in dactylic hexameter and tells the story of a fight between King Agamemnon and the soldier Achilles during the last weeks of the final year of the Trojan War. In a book, it can be roughly anywhere from 400 to 600 pages depending on font size and formatting.
Who is Homer of Iliad and odessey a real person?
Was Homer, the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, a real person? Yes, we believe that there was such a person, a poet of prodigious invention, in an oral tradition before writing was invented, who originally composed these two great works, and perhaps some others. About his life -or hers!- nothing is known.
Much of the Homeric literature, however, has parts that date from an impossibly later time than the rest - the Iliad mentions an Athenian fleet of warships, for example, but the Iliad was already old when Athens was still a rustic village, centuries from its later glory - leading some to believe that "Homer" never was any one single person, but simply generations of poets adding bits to old folk songs, according to ancient formula and current political conditions.
And until the Western "discovery" of the Sanskrit Mahabharata, which is ten times the length of Homer, and whose tellers recite entirely from memory, many scholars doubted whether any one ancient author could have retained Homer's work well enough to compose it.
Finally there is enough difference in style between the Iliad and the Odyssey to fuel a dispute about whether they were composed by the same person, as if an oral-tradition author could not have had more than one idea.
Yes, he was often save by the Greek God Apollo Shootafar.
Hector wore Achilles other armor while fighting him. What happened was Achilles let his friend patroclus wear his armor into battle but was killed so hector stole the armor and used it against him
Who is the main Trojan characters of the poetry The Iliad?
Hector - acting chief of the Trojan forces - is by far the most important Trojan in the Iliad.
Hector's death marks the end of the poem, and the last line is:
These were the funeral rites of Hector, tamer of horses.
Other important Trojan characters in the Iliad include Aeneas, Paris, Priam, and Hecuba.
What drove Achilles to murder hector?
it was because hector killed Achilles' cousin promeethius,and Achilles loved his cousin so, he sort revenge and killed hector
What cowardly prince stole the wife of Menelaus in greek mythology?
He was Paris, a prince of Troy. He was not at all cowardly, eventually killing super-hero Achilles in battle during the Greek attack on Troy. And he didn't steal king Menelaus' wife Helen, she went of with him very willingly, bringing along a lot of the family wealth to make her new life with Paris all the more enjoyable.
When the Trojans offered to give Helen back, the Greeks asked what about the treasure she took. The Trojans said no way, just the woman who was quite expendable, but not the money, so the siege continued.
What events became the Homers famous poems the lliad and the odyssey?
The Iliad and the Odyssey come from Greece. they were epic poems about ancient Greece, scholar's believe these poems were based on actual events, such as the war between Mycenaean Greeks, and Trojans
As Achilles, leader of the Myrmidon armies, continued to sulk over his mistreatment by Agamemnon by withdrawing his troops from the assault on Troy, the Achaean (Greek) army suffered severe setbacks at the hands of Trojan defenders under Hector.
Patroclos, Achilles' best friend and servant, pleads with Achilles to allow him to wear Achilles' armour and lead the Myrmidons into battle, so as to inspire the Greeks and put fear into the enemy through this deception. Achilles agrees, but only on condition that Patroclos limit his efforts to staving off the attack and not to puruse the enemy any further.
Patroclos battles well, and the Achaeans achieve some success, however Patroclos disregards his promise to Achilles and proceeds to give chase to the Trojans until Hector confronts Patroclos, and slays him in the belief that it is Achilles. This becomes the turning point in the epic, where Achilles sets aside his petty quarrel with Agamemnon and returns to battle to take vengeance upon Hector.
What did Artemis demand of them to calm the winds and ensure a safe voyage to Troy?
I believe you are talking about Agamemnon, a warrior in the Trojan war. One day he shot a deer in a sacred field and boasted that he was a better hunter than Artemis, the goddess of the Hunt. She was furious and commanded the winds to continue to blow Agamemnon's ships back to the shore so he could not get to Troy. An oracle told him to appease Artemis and sail to Troy, he had to sacrifice his daughter, Iphigenia. He tricked his wife, Clytemnestra, into bringing Iphigenia over by saying she was to be married to Achilles. When she came over, her father put her on the altar. Some accounts say she was killed. However, other accounts say before she could be killed, Artemis replaced her with a deer. There are then two accounts of what happened to Iphigenia then. The most popular is that she became a priestess to Artemis. The other is she was transformed into the goddess Hecate. Either way, Agamemnon got to Troy.
That oral tradition develops, Homer transcribes "The Iliad," Thespis speaks his lines, and "Oedipus Rex" is written is the timeline.
Specifically, oral tradition develops before the writing down of ancient Greek creation stories, legends and myths. Homer transcribes "The Iliad" sometime during the 8th century B.C.E. Thespis is the world's first known actor and speaks his first lines in the 6th century B.C.E. Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.) writes "Oedipus Rex" sometime around the middle of the 5th century B.C.E.
How did Achilles dishonor Hector after Hector's death?
Tied his body to a chariot and drag it in circles round the city of Troy.
What made Helen choose Paris over menelaus?
Some legends say that Paris forcibly abducted Helen; others that she fell in love with him and went willingly. In one peculiar account, originating in Stesichorus and used by Euripides, Helen was rescued by Proteus in Egypt, who substituted in her stead a phantom that sailed to Troy with Paris. Proteus then cared for Helen until Menelaus finally claimed her. In the Iliad and Odyssey, Helen becomes Paris' wife but is in sympathy with the Greeks. She is easily reconciled with Menelaus after the war, and they return to a peaceful life at Sparta.
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.
Odysseus was about 25 when he left Ithaca. So he returned at about 45.
What best describes the conflict and resolution between Achilles and agamemnon?
They each represent the two forces at war.
Who is considered to be the greatest of the Greek poets and the author of Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
Homer, the blind poet.
Can you compare and contrast Paris and Menelaus of 'Helen of Troy'?
Paris and Hector are brothers and although it is not explicitly stated by Homer, it appears that Hector is probably the elder and Paris the younger. Hector is the most able warrior in Troy and is the leader of the Trojan army and he is looked up to by the citizens of Troy, whereas Paris is regarded by his people as 'black death'. They are different in many aspects.
- Hector accuses Paris in Book 3 of being 'beautiful, woman crazy, cajoling' and for not facing up to Menalaus in battle and wishes he had never been born, so the whole war wouldn't have happened. Contrastingly, Hector in Book 22 does stand up to fight Achilles, although he does have an inwardly debate as to whether he should fight.
Paris isn't as capable as Hector in fighting; he hardly participates and when he does, is scared and nothing like what they thought a soldier should be. Paris is a archer and Hector a swordsman who fights face to face showing him to be braver. Hector has to make up for the fact that his father, Priam is old and that Paris is weak at fighting, by being a strong warrior.
- They are both husbands, but Paris doesn't have children. Hector has one son with his wife, Andromache, called Scamandrius (Asyanax), who both later meet their unfortunate deaths when Troy is captured.
- Hector as a son, is the one that wishes most to win glory for his father, Priam. This was the idea in Ancient Greece, that a son can gain respect for his father by fighting in battle. Hector says in Book 6 that he wishes for his son to grow up to be a better man than he. (However, we know this will never come to be). Hector, especially in Book 22 knows that retreating into the walls of Troy will show cowardice, which is something that he does not ever want to succumb to. Thus, he fights to the death against Achilles.
Why was Odysseus angry with Eurylochus?
Eurylochus made Odysseus angry by the following actions:
Eurylochus convinces the crew to open the bag of winds just before the ship reached Ithaca, thinking that there was treasure inside the bag.
After Odysseus rescued the men from Circe, in an attempt to warn the men from going to Circe's house, Eurylochus called the deaths of the crewmates at the cyclops Polphemus' hands the fault of Odysseus' leadership.
Eurylochus convinces the crew to kill Hyperion's cattle for meat.
What is the subject of the lliad?
Homer's epic tale about the Iliad is all about how Paris ( Troy Prince ) abducted Helen, who was actually Menelaus's wife ( King of Sparta .) It is mainly about how The Greeks start a war because they want Helen back, but Paris will not give her back. In the end the Greeks create a wooden horse and hide all their warriors in it. The Trojans think that it is a gift from them and they want to end the war, and they start dancing and singing and celebrating. At night the Greek warriors jump out and burn down Troy.
Yes, of course the man was! He swam in the River Lethe in the Underworld!
What was more popular The Iliad or The Odyssey?
The Odyssey is more popular than the Iliad. The Odyssey was probably written by Homer in his later years, thus was more refined than his earlier work. Moreover, the Iliad deals with battles and war, a harsher subject. The Odyssey, in comparison, deals with a fantastical adventure with monsters and gods.
What is the climax of Farewell between Hector and Adromache story?
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