Troy VII

Troy The region of Troias reveals that it had been inhabited for 8,000 years, during which Troy acted as a “cultural bridge between the Troas region, the Balkans, Anatolia, the Aegean and Black Sea regions” through sea and land trade routes, various occupying and migrating forces and the exchange of knowledge and ideas (UNESCO). Over 140 years, 24 excavations have taken place revealing extensive details about the area during the time of the Trojan War as well as the people that settled thereafter. Initially believed to be quite small, this led to many scholars seemingly dismissing the site as it did not fit the description of a city, much less the city of Troy. Through various excavations, however, it was discovered that the city was much…

In the ancient world, the Trojan War was a widely regarded and alluded event. The great city of Troy, the king Priam, the heroes Achilles and Odysseus, the lover Paris, and Helen of Troy were characters that ancient Greeks and Romans revered, and ones that captivate society today. The events of the Trojan War are laid out in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, as well as in other numerous historical and poetic works such as the Aeneid of Virgil. Hence, the existence of the city of Troy and of the Trojan…

inspire people allows leaders to turn the tide of battle, instill confidence in a losing situation and is a clear sign of a great leader. During many of the battles Hector has inspired his men to fight, win battles they normally would not and perform better than they ever would. When the Trojans manage to push the Greeks back to their makeshift fortress hector charges towards the trench “rallying cohorts” (XII. 58). He inspires the other solders to also cross the trench and push the Greeks back…

archaeological evidence found both at Troy and other ancient sites, such as Mycenae. It seems unlikely that evidence of this quantity and scale could have originated solely from a legend, and thus the Trojan War must have been, at some point, a reality. There are many sources written after the time by Greek writers that support the Trojan War’s occurrence. The most famous of these…

preventative medicine (the father). Briar Rose 's coma and subsequent awakening may therefore represent the journey after death to heaven. The spinning wheel serves as a significant motif in suggesting the concept of fate because, in Greco-Roman mythology, the Morai (also called The Fates) spin the thread of one 's life on a spinning wheel. The three fates of course determine independently of humans and gods the length of one 's life and the manner of one 's death. Correspondingly, The Trojan…

originated in Troy, the two heroes emerge from two very different mindsets and ideals. Aeneas lived after the fall of Troy and during its time of rebuilding, when the Roman values had a heavy influence on the new Trojan culture, which in turn, brought Roman elements into the ideals of heroism. Hektor came from the time before the destruction of Troy, a time when the Greek culture was still an independent and thriving way of thought and life, and it is reflected in the Greeks’ idea of the epic…

Through out the course of time woman have been said to be weak minded when is comes to ruling, because they are ruled by their emotions and most of all passion and love. Woman have been said to be the source to many of our problems During the reading of The lliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid the woman that have "caused the problems" were being told to do so by gods and goddesses. For Example in the lliad Helen was the "problem woman" in this story, however she never left Troy because…

This heavily hints at the idea that Homer was hoping to convey with this piece. By heavily hinting that the Greeks were superior to the Trojans by having the Greek hero be vastly superior to the Trojan hero, the sack of Troy was an inevitable event. This carries significance as a portrayal of one idea that may always hold true. That idea was the natural law of life, which has most popularly been recognized as Darwin’s law of natural selection: the weak are doomed to die at the hands of the…

“You often meet your fate on a road you take to avoid it” (French Proverb). Fate is an inevitable occurrence, we all have one. We all make decisions that eventually affect they way future things pan out. It is no different in a literary sense, in The Iliad you have a Trojan soldier named Hector who did not want to fight in the Trojan war. Hector decides to fight, but only for honor. “I have learned to be one of the best, to fight in Troy 's first ranks, defending my father 's honor and my own”…

Even when a priest insists that the city cannot be saved, Aeneas ignores him and rounds up his men to launch a counterattack out of his duty as a protector of Troy (Copley 828-829). This shows that the importance of duty is placed before the advice of a respected spiritual leader. It is significant because Romans view spiritual leaders as wise and respected figures of authority. It also shows that Aeneas cares more about saving his people than he does his own life. The Aeneid also shows that…