Zeus decides that Achilles must be convinced to ransom the body and Achilles readily agrees. ... Achilles has pity on the old man, and returns the body. ... Achilles's rage does not subside until king Priam of Troy, Hector's sorrowful father, eventually comes to Achilles' camp in peace. ... He resembles Achilles in that he is prideful and prone to anger, even more so than Achilles. ... He demands that Achilles relinquish his war prize, Briseis, causing Achilles to withdraw an...

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Yet only "warriors" such as Achilles and Agamemnon are the heroic men. ... But the main storyline is this poem is the betrayal of Agamemnon to Achilles. ... Although savage at times, Achilles is the great hero of the Achaeans, a man of gigantic virtues and faults. Unfortunately the taking away the woman that Achilles had received as booty was not a forgivable action. Achilles frowned and looked at him, then said "You thick-skinned, shameless, greedy fool! ...

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Yet only "warriors" such as Achilles and Agamemnon are the heroic men. ... But the main storyline is this poem is the betrayal of Agamemnon to Achilles. ... Although savage at times, Achilles is the great hero of the Achaeans, a man of gigantic virtues and faults. Unfortunately the taking away the woman that Achilles had received as booty was not a forgivable action. Achilles frowned and looked at him, then said "You thick-skinned, shameless, greedy fool! ...

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This refusal also angered Achilles, the Greek's best soldier and only hope for winning the war, to the point of his leaving the ranks of the Greek army. ... Years later, when Achilles and Paris were long since gone, the Trojans made a blunder, in an attempt to please the goddess Athena, which would lead to their destruction and the conclusion of the war. ...

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The Illiad The Illiad is a tale of heroes and gods, it is a story of Achilles, of his anger and determination. And of his slaying of the Trojan Hector. The purpose of the war was to recover the most beautiful women in the world, Helen. She was the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. Menelau...

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