Homer uses the leitmotifs of disguise and repeated tellings of Agamemnon's story to emphasize the importance of metis, or governing oneself with rational thinking and wisdom. ... While disguise showcases the traits commonly associated with metis, Homer does the opposite when he displays bie and Poseidon's traits with the leitmotif of repeated tellings of Agamemnon's family story. In the very first pages of the poem, Zeus "remember[s] handsome Aegisthus, the man Agamemnon's son, renowned Orestes, killed" (1:34-35). The very nature of the Agamemnon, Aegisthus an...

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This is apparent when Achilles becomes angry with Agamemnon and abandons the war effort, however he later returns and leads the Greeks to victory (Beye 115). ... Achilles is also very conscious of preserving his honor, to the extent where he refuses all of Agamemnon's gifts since accepting them would be a concession of Agamemnon's higher status (5). ...

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