These two men, Agamemnon and Hektor, are great warriors in their own right and share as many similarities as they do differences. ... The consequence of this action was to alienate the god-like Achilleus, the greatest warrior among the Achaeans, from the war. ... They know that the greatest honors will be bestowed upon the greatest warriors, not one of them. ... Hector being a great warrior and valuing honor persuades Paris to fight Menelaus. ... Paris chose Aphrodite's gifts over the others, which was to marry the most beautiful woman, Helen. ...

• Word Count: 2432
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

These similes are both representations of war in which the gender of the warrior is separate. ... Knox (17) believes that the role of a woman is to be faithful to her husband and to uphold xenia. Being faithful demands that a woman does not engage in any sexual activity to any man apart from her husband. Xenia demands that a woman should show hospitality to strangers in her house. ...

• Word Count: 1671
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Achilles has all the marks of a great warrior, and proves the mightiest man in the Achaean army. ... He returned Chryses to her father, but instead he asked Achilles for a replacement and that he wouldn't rest until he gets another woman by his side, this was how arrogant he was. ... (Pg 25) He's speaking for the rest of the men, he's basically saying that he would rather die or fight in a war than to be a woman. ...

• Word Count: 1457
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

When the leader questions her she promptly replies him in a clever abrupt manor "No one takes me in with visions-senseless dreams", she is not an ordinary woman and the fact that she finds no meaning in her dreams or gives them any thought shows that she is single minded and is living only to exact her revenge and nothing else and has lost or given up that aspect of her life. ... The entrance of Agamemnon is that of an austere soldier, a warrior. ...

• Word Count: 1324
• Approx Pages: 5

Agamemnon is a great warrior, but not a great family man. ... This is an especially rotten thing to do because the war is being waged to reclaim just one woman, Helen. ... His first wife, Medea, is a powerful woman who has no place to go, so she becomes desperate. ...

• Word Count: 1999
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School