The Illiad Essay Research Paper 4

The Illiad Essay, Research Paper

4| English 1 H

Stephen Wong

Iliad

Important Characters:

Agamemnon king of Mycenae; brother of Menelaos

Hektor Prince of Troy; son of Priam and Hekuba

Achilles greatest warrior of the Achaian army

Aias song of Telamon; he has brute strength and

courage

Menelaos husband of Helen; brother of Agamemnon

Paris a prince of Troy; also son of Priam and

Hekuba

Priam King of Troy; very old man

Helen wife of Menelaos; most beautiful woman In

the world

Diomedes one of the best Achaian warriors

Hekuba wife of Priam

Aeneas son of Aphrodite; Trojan

Aphrodite Daughter of Zeus; goddess of love; mother

of Aeneas; patron of Paris; on the Trojans

side

Athena daughter of Zeus; goddess of wisdom; on

the Achaian side

Ares son of Zeus; god of prophecy, light, poetry,

and music; on the Trojans side

Zeus supreme god and king of Olympos

Poseidon younger brother of Zeus; god of sea

Iliad

Chryseis and Briseis who were captured during a raid in Troy are awarded as war prizes to Agamemnon and Achilles. Chryseis for Agamemnon and Briseis for Achilles. Chryseis is the daughter of Chryses which prays Apollo to help get back his daughter. Apollo causes a deadly plague in the Achaian camp. Achilles asked Kalchas to explain the cause of Apollo s anger. Apollo plagued the Achaians because Agamemnon refused to return Chryseis to her father. Agamemnon demands Achilles war prize in place of Chryseis. Achilles because angry at Agamemnon s demand and withdraws his troops from the Achaian army. Agamemnon returns Chryseis to her father then collects Briseis from Achilles. Strangely, Achilles gives him the girl. Then, Achilles decides to tell his mother about the problem. Achilles asks his mother to ask Zeus to make sure that the Trojans win. Thetis goes to Zeus and asks and he agrees to help the Trojans.

Agamemnon has a dream that he can defeat the Trojans so, full of false hope, he planned a mass assault on Troy. Agamemnon orders his army to prepare themselves to attack. When the news of the Achaian plan arrived in Troy, Hektor ordered his troops to meet the Achaians on the plain in front of Troy.

Paris dares any of the Achaian warriors to fight him personally. Then, Menelaos accepted the challenge. But, Paris is suddenly scared and backs out. Hektor then fines Paris and scolds him. The agreement was whoever won gets Helen, then the war would be over. They fight on a large open area between the armies. Menelaos hurts Paris then Aphrodite saves Paris and brings him to his bedroom in Troy, where she also brings Helen. Then Agamemnon announces that Menelaos has won.

Hera wants the complete destruction of Troy so Zeus sends Athena to get them fighting again. Athena then tempts Pandaros to kill Menelaos, then he would get great glory. Then, Pandaros stupidly shoots Menelaos with an arrow and wounds Menelaos. Agamemnon and the Achaians were shocked by this violation of the truce. The wound is not fatal, but when the surgeon is treating it, several Trojan regiments begin to attack. Agamemnon immediately orders is army to fight and the army is cheerfully responding to Agamemnon s praises.

The battle then continues and has an outstanding warrior, Diomedes. Pandaros then wounds Diomedes and Diomedes asks for Athena s aid. She gives him more courage, and the advantage of being able to tell between gods and mortals. She tells him not to fight with any of the gods but Aphrodite. Diomedes kills many Trojans including Pandaros. Then, he wounds Aeneas and takes his horses as a war prize. Diomedes is angry at Aphrodite s interference so he wounds her in the hand. The Achaians are slowly loosing and withdrawing. Hera and Athena helps the Achaians. Ares complains to Zeus about the bad treatment he got and Zeus tells him he doesn t care.

No more gods are fighting in the war. The Achaians overpower the Trojans and drive them back. Diomedes and Glaukos challenge each other to a personal duel. Later, they discover that they are related form their grandfathers. Then respectfully exchange their armor. Hektor then finds Paris to come back to fight. Andromache and Astyanax beg their man not to fight . Hektor then says it is his duty.

Hektor and Paris rejoin the Trojan army then they battle again. Athena and Apollo wants to end the day s combat by dueling Hektor to one of the best Achaian warriors. Telamonian Aias battles with Hektor. No one wins. A short truce is called for burial of the dead. Zeus plans to end the Trojan War and warns the gods not to interfere.

The Achaian army seems to be loosing and even King Agamemnon feels bad. Then, Diomedes convinced the army to stay and fight till Troy is destroyed. Agamemnon knows that he was wrong when he was unwise about taking Achilles war prize and offers to give her back if Achilles rejoins the army, but Achilles refuses the offer.

Agamemnon is bothered by the fate of the Achaian army so he held a conference and they send Diomedes and Odysseus to spy on the Trojans. They stop a man named Dolon and from him they learn the location of Hektor and his staff and also important information about the Trojan army.

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