Essays on Iliad

The Iliad commends war and the men who wage it: man-slaughtering Hector, ruler of men Agamemnon, and quick footed Achilles, whose fierceness is refered to in the ballad’s renowned opening line. In any case, a similar summon likewise says the “endless misfortunes” endured because of...

In Homer’s Iliad and Plato’s Apology, the central theme of death is intertwined through a variety of literary elements and topics. Defining factors that differentiate what death is in The Iliad versus its role in the Apology include setting, societal structure and culture, the gods,...

In Homer’s Iliad, the audience is presented with the complex virtues of glorious battle – of warfare. In his portrayal of warfare, Homer offers many examples of supposed heroes, of whom, most debate between Hector or Achilles as the most prominent. The greatest hero presented...

In Homer’s Iliad, there is a recurring theme surrounding the idea of being the ‘greatest.’ Both the Achaeans and Trojans have heroes whom they believe embody their ideal of the ‘greatest.’ For the Achaeans, this hero is Achilles, while for the Trojans Hector is their...

The Iliad is an ancient epic poem composed by Homer, a Greek poet. Homer details the events of the final year of the Trojan War in which Agamemnon and Achilles quarrel leading to a series of destructive battles that ultimately leave the Trojans vulnerable and...

Homer’s epic poem, The Iliad, depicts the prominent conflict between the Achaeans and the Trojans. The Iliad and The Odyssey have become staples in universal literature and the foundation of Greek culture to many. In both works, Homer implicitly celebrates the role he plays as...

People relate to various things throughout their lives. One of the most common things that people relate to is characters they see in movies, read about in books and poetry and view in theatre. In part it is how we learn and interact with one...

The point which is to be adressed in the beginning is what is an epic poem and an epic film? An epic poem, epic, epoc, or epopee is a long narrative poem, usually involving a period beyond living memory in which the extraordinary acts of...

In Lattimore’s translation of The Iliad of Homer, the elaborate ekphrasis of Achilles’ shield in Book 18 temporarily ceases the unrelenting narratives of brutality, gore, and destruction of the Trojan War. Homer weaves in a detailed description of Hephaestus’ divine forgery of Achilles’ colossal shield,...

In both Homer’s Odyssey and Virgil’s Aeneid, destiny and free will are both significant. Destiny is unchangeable, it may seem like a coincidence, but it is something no person controls for oneself, but within the destiny, you do have a choice. Free will is defined...