Book Report on Iliad Iliad is a powerful, beautiful, and awe-inspiring work of ancient Greece. ... It is with these events, varied, tragic, and profound, that the Iliad is concerned. ... The story of Homer's Iliad actually centers on the rage of Achilles. ...
We can, however examine the role the gods have to play in the Iliad and examine the relationship between the immortal and mortal to ascertain an "ethical" framework of the poem. ... The gods in the Iliad, however, are not concerned with, or upholders of spiritual matters. ... The Gods in the Iliad assume anthromorphic as opposed to spiritual personas. ... The mortals in the Iliad are fighting for principle of justice spawned through love, which should be a fundamental ethic but cannot be in the Iliad, as it is selfish love/lust that propels the characters into fighting. ... (book 21 pg...
The Iliad is a poem believed to have been written by Homer around 800 B.C. ... There is something to be said about the intervention of the gods in the Iliad. ... As depicted by Homer in the Iliad, it seems that mortals are very much created in the image of our gods. ...
Homer's The Illiad - Hector As The Epic Hero In Homer's The Iliad there appears to be some controversy over who the true epic hero might be. We have heard many arguments supporting Achilles as the Epic Hero, and since The Iliad does indeed say "The Story of Achilles" I believe that Achilles is an easy character for people to associate as the epic hero. ... Some argue that The Iliad shows the development of Achilles into the Epic Hero. ... The Epic Hero in Homer's The Iliad is Hector. ...
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" ...
Book 1 The first book highlights the quarrel between Achilles, the great Greek warrior, and Agamemnon, the King of Pyros and the leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War. Agamemnon is infuriated that he must return Chryseis to her father in order to end a plague sent by Apollo against the king and his people. As a replacement for Chryseis, Agamemnon demands that Achilles hand over his consort, Briseis. Achilles begrudgingly complies, but feels shamed by the action. In response, he promises that he and all his men will desert Agamemnon and completely withdraw from the war effor...
