Throughout The Iliad, written by Homer, and The Song of Roland, by Sir Thomas Mallory, both Roland and Achilles show traits of each other as history repeats itself. ... Achilles was a better warrior than Agamemnon, because he has had more combat time than Agamemnon has, "I have seen more action/ hand to hand in those assaults than you have" (Iliad I. 192-193). ... "Achilles/ drove his point straight through the tender neck" (Iliad XXII. 386-387) Roland is a respectable warrior as well. ... "Achilles wept/ and sat apart by the gray wave, scanning the endless sea / often he spread his hands...

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In the Iliad, Achilles was the greatest fighter in the Trojan War. In the ninth year of the war, Achilles withdrew because of a quarrel with the leader of the Achians, Agamemnon. Because Achilles left the fight, the Trojans began to win the war and many died because of Achilles" wrath. Achilles" ...

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Paris and the Trojan army abducted the most beautiful woman in all of Greece, Helen, daughter of Zeus and wife of Menelaus King of Sparta; thus the war started. At the start of book one of the Iliad, the war between the Trojans and the Achaians had been going on for some time. The Achaian army, lea...

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Although the very first line of the Iliad state that it is Achilles" anger that costs the Achaians thousands of lives, it is actually the Trojans who suffer the price of his anger. The Achaians suffered because of his pride. When Agamemnon says that he is the most important warrior (1. 185-187)...

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During the ancient Greek period the people believed that the gods lived on Mt. Olympus and could do whatever they wanted to. The leader of the gods was Zeus; he was the most powerful god. The gods had the power to intervene with the mortal lives if they felt that it was necessary. In the story of t...

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