A Brief Analysis of a Heroic Poem "The Iliad- At first thought of reading the epic poem seems like its main theme is ultimately the totality and gruesomeness of war. ... In this essay I will examine a main character Achilles who is seen as a hero. ... As a hero, Achilles waits for Agamemnon to make suitable recompense for the stolen woman. ... Furthermore, Achilles eventually returns to fight on the side of the Achaeans, but not because of anything Agamemnon offers to him in order to get him to return to the fighting. ... In conclusion, the epic poem "The Iliad- describes a very violent ...

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Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. ... The hero Aeneas was already known to Greco-Roman legend and myth, having been a character in the Iliad, composed in the 8th century BC. ... The author of "The Iliad" is Homer. ... He is an omniscient narrator (he has access to every character's mind), he frequently gives insight into the thoughts and feelings of even minor characters, gods and mortals alike. ...

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Without further analysis we are caught between two different views of the primary subject of the book: i) that Achilles is the center of the story and that the rest of the text is simply filler and background, or ii) that the Iliad is an account of the final months of a great and legendary war, in which Achilles is a major figure, but hardly at the core of the plot or purpose. ... The only thing the chronological bounds of the Iliad correspond to is Achilles, beginning with his clash with Agamemnon, ruler of men, and ending with his Aristeia. ... Though books II-XVII do not contain much of...

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• Grade Level: High School