Iliad War

Iliad War

Introduction

The Iliad by Homer was composed around 750 BC, and plays at about 1250 BC. It includes time-a few days of the last year of the Trojan war between the Achaeans and the Trojans. The main theme of the Iliad is the wrath of Achilles. Achilles is the son of Peleus, king of the Thessalians and the goddess Thetis. At the same time he boasts of being descended from Zeus because Aeacus was Peleus son of Aeacus and Zeus descended. In the Trojan War, he leads the Myrmidons and is considered the strongest fighter in the Achaeans. After the king Agamemnon his slave must return Chryseis to her father to fend off the wrath of the god Apollo, he asks for a gift, so he chooses the slave of Achilles. Achilles feels dishonored by the theft of his honor gift from Agamemnon and decides not to fight "not always knowledgeable of Priam's son, Hector, the divine, came to the tents and ships of the Myrmidons is". This refusal to participate in the fight he wants Agamemnon get them to realize that he has to rely on in the war Achilles and his fighting power. He asks his mother Thetis for help. This goes with the request to Zeus that he the Trojans for so long in the fight until the Achaeans Achilles strength to his native honor have been established. Zeus comes to their request, and the Trojans can penetrate to the ships of the Achaeans. Then Patroclus, Achilles's closest companion comes to this and complained to him about the suffering of the Achaeans, whereupon Achilles sends him to the Myrmidons into battle. After the death of Hector, he dishonors the body and refuses to release it for a funeral. Priam then passes under the protection of the gods in the camp of the Achaeans and begs Achilles to hand over to him the body of his son. Achilles granted him that request and they agree on a truce of twelve days during which Hector can be buried. The Iliad ends with the burial of Hector.

Discussion

In the oldest literary works of antiquity , the Homeric epics, which is slavery provided completely for granted. The Trojan War is an event that plays a central role in Greek mythology. A large part of the mythological stories holds in any way connected with this war. Homer 'book The Iliad is an epic an episode from the last year of the ten-year war against Troy.

The war arose according to the myth of a quarrel between the goddesses Hera , Athena and Aphrodite , after the goddess of strife, Eris , give them a golden apple gave "for the fairest". The supreme god Zeus sent the women to the Trojan king's son Paris , who judged that Aphrodite was the cleanest. In exchange, Aphrodite made ??the beautiful Helen , wife of Spartan King Menelaus , fall in love with Paris. After Paris Helena had brought to Troy , Greeks went all ...