The movie Troy features the great Trojan War between Greece and Troy based on Homer's ancient epic, Iliad. ... At the same time, however, he seems to try to distort the hero manual with his Hollywood style adaptation. ... Achilles is depicted as a vulnerable hero in the movie. ... He is likely to be interpreted as a ruthless hero but it's just his fate to be a warrior and die young. ... The movie somewhat concentrates on the original epic or the hero manuals. ...

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Homer's great epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, tell different parts of a single epic cycle about Greek military expedition to the distant city of Troy, the war with the Trojans, and the return of the heroes to their cities and kingdoms. ... It goes back to the basic understanding that you are a hero by fighting, killing and winning in the war. ... At the heart of The Iliad is a celebration of heroes, men who rely on their own abilities to win battles and strive for the honor that result from victories. Although savage at times, Achilles is the great hero of the Achaeans, a man o...

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• Grade Level: High School

Homer's great epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, tell different parts of a single epic cycle about Greek military expedition to the distant city of Troy, the war with the Trojans, and the return of the heroes to their cities and kingdoms. ... It goes back to the basic understanding that you are a hero by fighting, killing and winning in the war. ... At the heart of The Iliad is a celebration of heroes, men who rely on their own abilities to win battles and strive for the honor that result from victories. Although savage at times, Achilles is the great hero of the Achaeans, a man o...

• Word Count: 850
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• Grade Level: High School

The Greeks in consider Homer's two epics as the highest cultural achievement of their people, the defining moment in Greek culture, which set the basic Greek character in stone. ... This departure leads to the defeat of the Greeks and the killing of Agamemnon by Trojan hero Hector. ... The Odyssey is the story of the homecoming of another Greek hero Odysseus. ... He composed the Odyssey and the Iliad in long lines of six beats each called Dactylic Hexameter, which the ancients thought suited the formality of epic poetry. ...

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In Homer's epic, "The Iliad," there is a major conflict between Troy and Greece. ... But in further reading of this epic, even with the central theme dominated by war, it is seen as more of a clash of personal relationships between warriors, more so between two central characters, Achilles and Agamemnon. ... In the opening lines of the Iliad the tone is set that gives a clue to the escalation of this conflicted relationship between Achilles and Agamemnon: Rage: Sing; Goddess, Achilles Rage, Black and murderous, that cost the Greeks Incalculable pain, pitched countless souls Of heroes int...

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Hogan March 7, 2002 Essay Question #4: In reading The Iliad by Homer, we were introduced to the many conflicting character traits of one of the epic's major heroic characters, Akhilleus. Although The Iliad portrays Akhilleus as a great warrior and a noble hero, his irrational and horrific actions can at times tarnish the image of this great character. Akhilleus possesses all the marks of a great hero, and throughout the story proves to us that he is, if not the mightiest, one of the mightiest military warriors amongst both the Achaean and Trojan armies. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The abduction marks the beginning of an epic quarrel between Agamemnon, King of the Achaians, and Achilleus, the Achaian's greatest warrior. ... "Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus' son Achilleus and its devastation, which put pains thousandfold upon the Achaians, hurled in their multitudes to the house of Hades strong should of heroes "(1.1-7). ...

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Arête is a term of excellence or honor that was given to special warriors or heroes when they achieved a heroic feat or performed a type of duty that requires great skill and bravery that only a few gifted people possess. ... In the Iliad Achilles is one of the major characters that express arête and his need for honor and virtue throughout the entire epic. ...

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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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• Grade Level: High School