The Iliad is simply the a story of the Achaean hero Achilles. ... Achilles goes to war after the death of patrochus, who was killed by hector. Hector was leader of the Trojan forces. Standing tall half go-man, Achilles is more psychologically complex character than Gilgamesh. ... The Iliad and the contrast of two warrior show that the were equal in some ways. ...
The next contrast that can be made between the epic poem and Herodotus' work is how god-like the Greek leaders are portrayed by each author. ... In fact, it is even written by Homer that Achilles was born of a sea-nymph-a sea goddess-making Achilles seem more than human by birth. ... Achilles is the hero that defeats the Trojans by killing Hector in The Iliad. Among the Greeks Achilles is honored and praised as a great warrior for killing Hector and showing off his victory by dragging around his body for all to see. In this, Achilles is glorified as a warrior, but Homer shows Achilles rec...
Protagonist of the epic is Achilles. ... Rising action of the poem is Hector's assault on the Achaean ships; the return of Patroclus to combat; the death of Patroclus. ... Falling action is the retreat of the Trojan army; Achilles' revenge on Hector; the Achaeans' desecration of Hector's corpse. ... Patroclus's return to battle foreshadows Achilles' return to battle, for example, and Hector's taunting of the dead Patroclus foreshadows the desecration of his own corpse by Achilles. Also, Achilles and Hector themselves make references to their own fates-a...
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...
