Briseis

"What god drove them to fight with such fury?" The Iliad, written by Homer, a Greek poet, was a story that outlined the war between the Greeks and the Trojans. Books 1, 6, 22, and 24 takes us through a journey first about Agamemnon, Achilles and their victims. Then about Hector, Paris ' brother going away to battle and his wife mourning his death prematurely, then Hector dying in book 22. And lastly book 24 illustrates Hectors father, Priam, king of Troy, begging Achilles to accept his ransom…

when Apollo “quake[s] with rage “(1.53) and answers Chryses’s prayer. Agamemnon second huge mistake comes later in the book. Homer writes,” …. to take Briseis in all her beauty, your own prize—so you can learn just how much greater I am than you …. From hoping to rival Agamemnon strength for strength!” (1.18,19,21). Agamemnon decides that he wants Briseis, the swift runner Achilles ’s war wife if Apollo takes back Chrysies back to her father. But Brilliant Achilles was not taking Agamemnon…

Overall, Achilles’ brutality was exceptional and even the gods took pity on Hector which demonstrates the severity of Achilles actions as the Greek gods were amoral and rarely showed sympathy towards mankind. This demonstrates the extent of Achilles’ fury and hatred towards Hector for killing Patroclus. Another important aspect of the Iliad is the involvement of gods in comparison to their almost total absence in Troy. In the Iliad, the gods have a massive influence on the course of war. This…

take that prize of yours, fair-faced Briseis, so that you know how my power exceeds yours.” (as cited on Homer: The Iliad, Book 1: Line 148-187, A. S. Kline, 2009). Asking for Achilles war prize Briseis was the most critical mistake made by Agamemnon, the war prize of Achilles reminisces the Son and father bond that of Priam and Hector. As seen in the Iliad how Priam suffers after losing Hector that’s what Achilles went through when he had to give up Briseis to Agamemnon. I Believe the two acts…

In The Iliad and The Odyssey, Homer has strikingly different opinions on the roles that women play in each epic. The differences are so striking that some readers have argued that a woman could have possibly created The Odyssey, modeled after Homer’s Iliad. In The Iliad we see women as war prizes and slaves, vulnerabilities to men, and in positions of limited power. In The Odyssey however, we see women capturing men and keeping them as prizes, rising from a status of limited power to dominating…

Iliad, is an ancient Greek epic by homer. The epic sets by the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by Greeks. The epic start with the events of argument about rage between Agamemnon, the king of Achaeans and Achilles, the great warrior of Achaeans. During the epic, Homer engages different type of gods including Zeus to make the epic special. During the war, there are many incidents happen among different characters including gods. On the other hand Dante, the divine comedy, is…

of the Trojan War, Homer casts war, glory, and honor in a light that both exposes their vacuity and proves their uselessness. Homer parallels the Achaeans’ conflict against the Trojans to win back Helen to Achilles’ struggle with Agamemnon over Briseis to argue that the reasons for war often do not justify the act itself. The Iliad opens by simultaneously presenting the contention between Agamemnon and Achilles alongside the slow conclusion of the Trojan War, drawing clear parallels between…

Vengeance is a recurring theme in Greek tragedies because the act of vengeance was how social balance was restored in ancient Greece. In order to understand vengeance, an important distinction to make is that between the concepts of justice and revenge. Characters in Greek culture look for justice in all aspects of society - when someone is wronged, the offenders deserve punishment. However, as a majority of Greek literary works are tragedies, justice is often taken too far and it turns into…

1 of The Iliad, Agamemnon’s men are stricken with the arrows because of Agamemnon’s actions of taking Briseis and Chryseis “For nine whole days he shot his arrows among the people” (Book I. Pg 4). Chryseis was at first claimed by Agamemnon while Briseis was claimed by Achilles. However, in order to appease Apollo, Agamemnon decides to send Chryseis back to her home. In return he demands Briseis instead. Achilles says “ ‘You are steeped in insolence and lust of gain. With what heart can any…

Athena’s’ actions that she takes against the Trojans perhaps play the biggest role in their defeat. Many times throughout the Iliad the Trojans call out for help from Zeus only for their prayers to fall on deaf ears because of his wife’s hatred of them. Perhaps Hector would have avoided death by the hand of Achilles if Athena had not disguised herself as his ally. Without Hector fighting on the side of the Trojans they had no chance against the forces of Agamemnon and his great army. Athena’s…