The Iliad

Most of the Trojans plead for the return of Hector's body. But in the gods, Apollo was the one who spoke for Hector. Apollo says that even though Hector is only a mortal, he respected the gods and therefore deserve at least to have a proper burial.

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The Gods Are Like The Puppet Masters Of The Epic . The Control The Story And Change It At Positions . They Give Glory To One And Take It Away From Someone . They Control Every Movements Of The warriors . They Are The Most Essential Part Of The Epic Which Traces Back To The Orgin

All the gods think there the best so they all fight and have a war because of it.

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Homer did write the Iliad and the Odyssey. Some believe that he copied from other authors perspective on the Trojan war, but he wrote the two books for sure. He did not copy from other authors. -Mr. Hinrichs

Achilles is dead.

Achilles had little choice in giving up Briseis to Agamemnon, and makes his displeasure well known in refusing to fight Troy until Patroclus dies. Achilles only returns to the fighting to avenge Patroclus' death and Agamemnon returns Briseis to him afterwards, swearing not to have shared a bed with her. Achilles regarded her as his bride - his wife - and she regarded him as her husband.

Briseis drives the plot of the Illiad; his telling of his weakness to Polyxena is how he dies.

The second Sarpedon, king of Lycia, a descendant of the preceding, was a son of Zeus and Laodamia, daughter of Bellerophon.Sarpedon became king when his uncles withdrew their claim to Lycia. He fought on the side of the Trojans, with his cousin Glaucus, during the Trojan War becoming one of Troy's greatest allies and heroes.

Hector, eldest son of Priam, was killed by Achilles in Troy. This was after Hector killed Achilles' friend, Patroclus, who had donned Achilles' armor against his wishes.

An example of Homer contrasting Achilles' selfishness and Hector's nobility is when they have their discussion about their reasons for fighting in the war. Hector reveals his reasoning for fighting when he talks with his wife Andromache and states, "Wife, I too have thought upon all this, but with what face should I look upon the Trojans, men or women, if I shirked battle like a coward? I cannot do so: I know nothing save to fight bravely in the forefront of the Trojan host and win renown alike for my father and myself." This quote shows that Hector is fighting for respect for his family name, his city, and to protect his family from harm. This contrasts with Achilles who fights for fame and abundant wealth. He states to Agamemnon "Order other people about, not me, for I shall obey no longer. Furthermore I say- and lay my saying to your heart- I shall fight neither you nor any man about this girl, for those that take were those also that gave. But of all else that is at my ship you shall carry away nothing by force. Try, that others may see; if you do, my spear shall be reddened with your blood." Achilles and Hector through Homer's use of foils to each other prove that each have a different reason to fight. Achilles fights only for himself where as Hector shows his humility by fighting for his family's protection and for the love of his country.

Odysseus was part of the Trojan war and after the Trojan war Odysseus was sailing back home but blown off course and he began his quest.

Homer tells us this story repeatedly throughout the whole story as a contrast to Odysseus' relationship with Penelope. Not only in the first four books, but also when Odysseus visits the land of the dead and other places the story is mentioned we get a good look at exactly what could have happened if Penelope weren't as faithful.

a lot

My copy of the Iliad has 297 pages. I came across the question on my quest to find out if it was abridged. I don't think it's abridged but it's the W.H.D. Rouse "plain English" translation. It's the same story with many of the same words (translated) but it doesn't have all the stylistic words that Homer original used. So I think the original "epic poem" was a lot longer. Wikepedia claims that it is aprox.15,700 lines. My copy is the seventh printing, 1956. It's published as a MENTOR BOOK by the New American Library.

Oh, and it's very small.

Okay so there's a bigger more recently published version (http://www.amazon.com/Iliad-Penguin-Classics-Deluxe/dp/0140275363) that is 704 pages and it's dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.9 inches.

The brothers of Priam included :

Tithonus

Bucolion

Thymoetes

Lampus

Hicetaon

Clytius

Ganymede (sometimes his son, sometimes his uncle)

This depends on which instance you are speaking of. Odysseus wakes up on several islands, including Scheria, land of the Phaecians; Ogygia, Calypso's island; and Ithaca, his home island.

On Scheria, and Ogygia he is glad to be alive and curious about his surroundings.

On Ithaca, he is curious about his surroundings, and mildly doubtful that he is in Ithaca. He feels betrayed by the Scherians who promised to take him home, since he does not recognize Ithaca after twenty years.

Certainly not. The Iliad dates from 8th century B.C. , or perhaps a little earlier, and was not written down much before the 5th, while the Epic of Gilgamesh is at least a thousand years older, from around 2,000 B.C. Exact dates for the Mahabharata are problematical, but the oldest parts are ancient indeed, and easily as old as the Iliad

Iliad is still relevant today in some of the place around the world. It is usually happened for the same reason, to protect and to defend their country, religions, traditions and most of all their territory.

For now, commonly reason of war is to defend territory. In all around the world, that was commonly reasons of war. Like Trojans war, bloodshed and carnage usually happened, lots of heroes were sacrificing their life and they died full of hope that there were attain their goals to have a freedom and peaceful life.

Until now, the presence of Iliad by Homer was or the Trojans war was still alive. It was relevant from today's society in any part of the world.

Greek mythology!! The Iliad is an epic poem about the Trojan war. This war obviously never happened. It was passed down from generation to generation as an oral poem. It wasn't written until the fifth century BC. It is not known who wrote the poem but it is attributed to Homer. The Odyssey is another epic also attributed to Homer. It follows the Trojan war and the fall of Troy. They are both major Greek epics and were studied by scholars in ancient times. The ancient Greeks believed that these poems were in fact history and that their ancestors fought in the Trojan war and that they were decended from the heroes of the Epics. Today they are studied as important parts of Greek mythology. They are fairly heavy reads if you are to study them. Otherwise, you might enjoy to read about Achilles and Odysseus.

Homer's legacy to the Greeks was an element strengthening aristocratic values.

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In the first book of the Iliad, Agamemnon enslaves her, as a war prize and refuses to allow her father, a priest of Apollo to ransom her. An oracle of Apollo then sends a plague sweeping through the Greek armies, and Agamemnon is forced to give Chryseis back in order to end it, so Agamemnon sends Odysseus to return Chryseis to her father. Agamemnon compensates himself for this loss by taking Briseis from Achilles, an act that offends Achilles, who refuses to take further part in the Trojan War.

When Achilles refused to take part in the war he dressed like woman and hid among the daughters of a family. Odysseus suspected something and came to this family as a seller of jewelry and weapons. All the girls flocked around the jewelry, but Achilles was only interested in the weapons, which gave him away.