Outline For The Iliad

Achilles honors Patroclus by holding a series of funeral games in his memory. Achilles dishonors Hector by putting his corpse on the back of a chariot and dragging his body throughout troy. (8) Why do the gods interfere with Achilles' plans for Hector's body? The Gods interfere with Achilles' plan because the Gods believe that a corps that does not go through proper burial process cant go on to the afterlife. The Gods saw Hector live a respectful life and allowed him to go on to the afterlife.

Because they favor and choose sides, the gods are intensifying the entire war altogether, influencing characters to act a certain way in hopes of tipping the scales. However, this divine intervention causes conflict amongst the gods themselves as well. As said before, the gods are seen to be picking sides: Athena and Hera with the Greeks; Apollo and Ares with the Trojans. With each god siding with different men, there emerges a war between the gods themselves, reflecting that in the mortal world.

They would give up their life and family, just as Hector did to die an honorable and respected man. These were values that were taught to men throughout Greek history. It was their duty to make an honorable name for themselves, even if it meant they had to die for it. These ideas are reoccurring throughout history and throughout Greek myth. These stories are important because they help us understand many important events that have occurred throughout history and they help us understand some of the beliefs that were associated with Greek culture at the

For example Athena, Achilles, and Poseiden were on the Greeks’ side of the war whilst Zeus, Aphrodite, and Apollo were on the Trojan

Achilles is a skilled warrior and fighter, but he fights for his own personal glory and fame, rather than for the well-being of his people or community. On the other hand, Hector is a leader who prioritizes the safety and prosperity of his people over his own individual glory. When Hector is forced to fight Achilles in a one-on-one battle, he pleads with Achilles to spare the lives of his people and end the war. In contrast, Achilles cares only for his own ego and desire for glory, and ultimately kills Hector in front of his people, thereby causing more suffering and destruction.

He starts to gain more human characteristics of humility and respect for others. Despite the hurtful things that Agamemnon said to Achilles, he decides that he is right and that he is not above Agamemnon. He gives in to the hurtful things he said because he realized how selfish he was at the beginning of the poem. He is so hurt by the death of his friend, that he continues to not just sacrifice his pride but his mortality and glory in respect of his friend. He also shows his courtesy to Priam by sacrificing his hatred towards Hector and giving Priam his body back.

After killing Hector, he denied him the right to be properly buried, and allowed his fellow warriors to deface and stab the lifeless corpse. Finally, he lashed his body to his chariot and paraded around his vanquished foe. It is described that Hector’s “whole head was blackened. Looking down, his mother tore her braids, threw off her veil, and wailed, heartbroken to behold her son” (Homer 260). This shows that Achilles' animalistic wrath makes him devolve into a depraved warrior that is less than human, despite the fact that he is more than human.

Ares was known as the God of war and bloodshed. Ares was a great warrior. He stood for strength and stamina. The Greeks wanted to be strong and successful like the Greek God.

He dishonors Hector by dragging his body around the battlefield. (8) The gods interfere with Achilles' plans for Hector's body because they want him to give Hector a proper burial. (9) The results of Priam's meeting with Achilles are that he is given permission to return to Troy and that the Greeks agree to release his daughter Hecuba.

In Book Nine of The Iliad, the focus is of the story is on the character of Achilles, the desperation the Achaeans suffer in their need for this great warrior as well as his refusal to return into the fighting to assist his comrades, due to his rage with Agamemnon. In particular, one of the most important scenes of Book Nine is from approximately line 443 through line 473, in which Achilles bluntly refuses the gifts offered to him by Agamemnon in recompense for stealing away Achilles’ war-prize Briseis. This passage demonstrates the depth of the rage of Achilles as well as his sense of pride, as he chooses to remain absent from the fighting, even in the Achaeans’ moment of sheer desperation, due to his deep hatred for Agamemnon. As

In Homer’s epic poem The Iliad, Homer describes nine days of the Trojan War, focusing on Achille’s anger. Achilles, the best Greek warrior, becomes furious at the Greek commander Agamemnon due to a power struggle. Achilles decides not to fight, with the Greeks fighting the Trojans without their best warrior. Both sides battle gruesomely, with Homer often using literary devices to develop the brutality of war.

(R 23-35). The Greeks hearing Achilles return, gain strength, will and perseverance to carry on the war. The responsibility that Achilles takes plays massive role, affecting the men 's actions throughout the

In grief Achilles wants to fight Hector for what he did. Hector has two choices, either to fight Achilles or hide behind the walls of Troy. Hector exclainms doubtedly “What shall I do? If I retreat behind these walls, … And now that I have ruined them all by my rashness, I am ashamed to face the men and women of Troy, or some base fellows may say-Hector thought too much of his own strength, and ruined us all!”

The Ancient Greeks value specific qualities in a person however they did not value other. Ancient Greeks valued these qualities based on certain achievements or on a performances in war or even inside the city walls making substantial decisions. The Iliad is a epic novel by the Greek poet Homer. The Iliad is based off of the Trojan war between the Achaeans led by King Agamemnon and the Trojans led by King Priam of Troy. This novel focuses on the actions of several characters and how the disparate gods interfered with the war to help one or the other side have a chance to win.

Homer underlines that this behavior is foul, for Achilles allows his soldiers to wound the body and then bounds Hector’s feet to his chariot in order to harm the body. Although Hector asked him to give his body to his family, Achilles ignores the last will of the dying Trojan hero because he is still obsessed with his revenge. One should remember that the Greeks believed it was the issue of primary importance to bury a person’s body in a decent way so that their spirit would find the sanctuary. In other words, Achilles takes revenge in the most horrible way