... primacy of fate; the suffering of wanderers and the glory of Rome. Motifs of the poem are prophecies and predictions; founding a new city and vengeance. Symbols of the epic are flames; the golden bough; the Gates of War; the Trojan hearth gods; weather etc. The events of the epic narrative are ... them to be prone to making bad decisions. The gods occupy a strange role in The Iliad and the life of Achilles. "The gods do not meet the expectations of the human characters. They do support the Greeks, but for reasons that have nothing to do with morality. They love and they hate, but ......

• Word Count: 8864
• Approx Pages: 35
• Grade Level: High School