Many scholars see Gilgamesh as similar to both Odysseus and Achilles (Gresseth 5). ... The nature of Achilles follows a similar pattern based around the presence and loss of his comrade Patroclus. To begin, Achilles and Gilgamesh have some very basic similarities of their positions in life. ... Achilles and Patroclus both come from Phthia and are close friends. In book I, Patroclus is shown to be obedient to Achilles (Il. 1.408), but slightly before that Achilles refers to him as diogenes, which is an obvious sign of respect. ...

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Other examples include the Greek accusative "paeana" perhaps picking up Achilles speech to the Greeks after the death of Hector in Iliad 22.365 a particularly apt epic reference in this instance. ... Connington also points out the similarity between lines 734-735 and Iliad 7.243 indeed Mezentius" victim Orodes has forecast the imminent fatality of his slayer just as Hector did to Achilles and indeed is met with the same abrupt dismissal, and again 736 with Iliad 16. 862-863 where the failing Patroclus has been addressing Hector; the question is why does Vergil choose to use so many Homeric ref...

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The gods are associated with "godlike Achilles" frequently when he is in his prime and upholding the ethical principle of justice through his abstention from war, but when fighting "inhumanely", the gods are no longer associated with him as they reassume their anthromorphic status. ... The upholders of justice in the poem are mortals such as Achilles. ... The gods are used for dramatic purposes to invoke and enhance images of terror and grandeur, for example, in Achilles aristeria, to be guardians of fate " I am afraid that he may reach beyond his fate and storm the wall"(pg 323). ... By the e...

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