... more in depth about two intriguing characters. I read the Iliad a couple of months ago and I just read the Odyssey. Who is more heroic, Odysseus or Achilles? In Webster's Dictionary, a hero is defined as a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of purpose, especially if this individual has risked or sacrificed his life ... when he came up with the plot to defeat Troy, using the Trojan Horse. Odysseus fought bravely throughout the entire Trojan War, whereas Achilles spent quite awhile in his tent pouting after Agamemnon kidnapped his prize maiden, Chryseis. He also lets his best fr...

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... King of Sparta Menelaus. During the battle, the greeks captured two beautiful maidens, Chryseis and Briseis. Agamemnon takes Chryseis for as his prize and Achilles, the Acheans Greatest Warrior, claims Briseis. But soon, Agamemnon returned Chryseis to the Troy in order to appease Apollo and end the crisis on ... body to the back of his chariot and drags it across the battlefield for several days. Now, at last, Patroclus' funeral can be celebrated in what Achilles sees as a fitting manner. Soon, the Gods agrees that Hector deserves a proper burial. Zeus sends Hermes to Hector's father...

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... of Troy, Hector, one of the greatest Trojan warriors, and Aeneas, brother of Hector, the excellent warrior so. Some Greeks were Ajax, a tall, strong Greek, Achilles, the best Greek warrior, Odysseus, the wisest of the Greek warriors, and Old Nestor, who was a great Greek warrior but now was too old, and only was ... his men on. The Greeks were the ones who wanted to fight because they knew they were stronger and because of Paris. Their greatest warrior was Achilles. It was Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus who took command of the expedition to save Helen. Odysseus, the smartest of the G...

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... of Troy, Hector, one of the greatest Trojan warriors, and Aeneas, brother of Hector, the excellent warrior so. Some Greeks were Ajax, a tall, strong Greek, Achilles, the best Greek warrior, Odysseus, the wisest of the Greek warriors, and Old Nestor, who was a great Greek warrior but now was too old, and only was ... his men on. The Greeks were the ones who wanted to fight because they knew they were stronger and because of Paris. Their greatest warrior was Achilles. It was Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus who took command of the expedition to save Helen. Odysseus, the smartest of the G...

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... Troy. "Agamemnon's force included many famous Greek heroes, the most noted of whom were Achilles, Patroclus, Ajaxes, Teucer, Nestor, Odysseus, and Diomedes," (Encarta Encyclopedia, 2). When Achilles was just a child, he was dipped in the River Styx by Thetis, making Achilles virtually invincible. No weapon could pierce his skin. The only spot on his body in ... which a weapon could penetrate was his heel. Achilles was held by the heel when he was dipped in the water, so he could still be injured there. When the Greeks ... , Aphrodite assisted the Trojans. In the tenth year, Achilles wif...

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... This makes for a great tragedy, and the reader has a sense of helplessness and despair while following the plot. In the Iliad, for example, Achilles and Hector both know the outcome of the war the entire time that they are battling yet continue to fight anyway. They are both told that ... will happen to Agamemnon and herself in the play, yet she accepts this as both their fate, and knowing death awaits, as did Hector and Achilles, she enters the palace to be slain by Clytemnestra. Cassandra also knew that Agamemnon's and her death would eventually be avenged. Another aspect evident ... i...

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... went on in the pre-war planning from both sides. Chapter five goes to explain why the war went on for as long as it did and the reason was Achilles and the side-wars. These side wars lead to the capture and conquer of many cities surrounding Troy. Chapter six consists of the disease plaguing the Greeks which fitting to ... ridicules Homer's claim that gods intervene to help mortals. Strauss feels that sometimes it not a god that is behind everything. Chapter ten goes over the Achilles death and all that led to it and after it. Achilles kills Hector and according to Strauss is the point ...

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... Paris eloped. Menelaus enraged and summoned the princes that promised to protect Helen and his brother, Agamemnon (the leader of the expedition) to attack Troy. A hero in Agamemnon's expedition called Achilles was the son of Peleus and Thetis. When he was a baby, Thetis dipped him in the River Styx which made him invulnerable. Which can't happen in our modern world. Nothing ... ten years. During these ten years, Agamemnon took Briseis for himself. Achille was furious and refused to fight for Greek anymore. But when his friend Patroclus was killed by Hector, Achilles decided to return to...

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... Agamemnon. His refusal to return her to her father angered Apollo greatly, causing him to unleash his fury, sending his fiery arrows upon the Greek soldiers. This refusal also angered Achilles, the Greek's best soldier and only hope for winning the war, to the point of his leaving the ranks of the Greek army. This gave the Trojans a supreme advantage and ... led to their gaining ground toward victory. Because of Agamemnon's stubborn desire to keep the young woman, severe setbacks for the Greek army were set in motion. Years later, when Achilles and Paris were long since gone, the Trojan...

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The Illiad The Illiad is a tale of heroes and gods, it is a story of Achilles, of his anger and determination. And of his slaying of the Trojan Hector. The purpose of the war was to recover the most beautiful women in the world, Helen. She ... ...

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... heightens Odysseus" achievement even more. The story of Telemachus presents to the audience the son of Odysseus, who by the end of the poem is a worthy successor to his father. Achilles and Agamemnon, also great heroes of Odysseus" time learn of they"re worthy sons after they have died. Odysseus lives to see his son and all that he has become ... ...

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... to a win but without Helen. The Greeks had no other choice but to turn around and go back home. Telephus came to Greece hoping for his wounds to be healed. Achilles was the only person that could heal Telephus, so he healed him and Telephus told the Greeks where Troy was in return. The Greeks made their way to Troy and ... ...

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... over their own lives. Some examples of this include an arranged marriage, when Menelaus is having a wedding feast for his daughter, whom he had pledged to the heir of great Achilles, and the ultimatum issued by the suitors to Telemachus. "Dismiss your mother from the house, or make her marry the man her father names and she prefers"(Homer p.223). Menelaus ... ...

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