At the beginning of Homer’s tale Akhilleus’ confrontation with Agamemnon shows us the nobility and integrity of a soldier although high up in the ranks of a great army, he stands up against his commander in chief so to speak because he felt that he was the only one with enough courage and military worth to be able to speak up and question Agamemnon’s actions. This display of courage and nobility almost instantaneously makes you admire the character and the

Eventually we do see Akhilleus come to his senses and stop this brutality when King Priam, begs for the return of Hector’s desecrated corpse. Akhilleus agrees to the king’s desires and seems saddened and humbled when Priam appeals to Akhilleus’ fond memories of his own father Peleus.

kind of man that he is. You gain a sense of respect for Akhilleus because of all the men in the Achaean army it was he who looked out for the good of the army and begged Agamemnon to give Khryses back his daughter Khryseis. , so that Apollo would lift the plague that Khryses had asked him to place on the Achaean army after Agamemnon’s refusal in returning his daughter back to him. He even went as far as to insult and question Agamemnon’s leadership when at first he refused to return the girl to her father. Although Agamemnon eventually did return the girl after a very heated confrontation between himself and Akhilleus he makes a rather irrational decision in crossing Akhilleus. Agamemnon’s insulting demand that Akhilleus relinquish his war prize, Briseis, seemed

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