Ancient battles have existed throughtout ancient history. Historically these battles were due to gaining total power of an empire or fighting for the resources these ancient lands provided the people. They were both located near the Mediterranean sea, allowing both empires to have similar quantity in their empires. These two empires were great and powerful,ut Persian 's empire was stronger than Greece empire because it had a larger skillful military. One example was Cyrus the Great and the Rise of Persia during 550-522 B.C.E. Persia was founded by Cyrus the Great, one of most brillant and powerful king.
The Odyssey, Trojan War hero Odysseus exhibits perseverance in the ten years of war and leads his men on the long journey home. Odysseus has to endure the frustrations of the war and the negligence that the gods show to him in his most desperate times. The pain he goes through exhibits his love for the special ones in his life, and it gives him the strength to make it home. Odysseus is challenged during the ten year war, but he will not give up, which proves how he is a true hero. The hero shows how he is a true hero through his actions and not his words.
Joseph Campbell once said, “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” In the epic poem The Odyssey by Homer, the author shows the reader the true significance of honor and immortalization. The raging Trojan War of 1200 BC started to break out after Paris (Prince of Troy) kidnapped Helen (most beautiful women in the world) from her husband Menelaus (King of Sparta). Her husband called upon numerous soldiers to rescue her, one being Odysseus the great King of Ithaca. The epic poem demonstrates the adventures as he returns from Troy to Ithaca traveling with 12 fleets, encountering antagonistic monsters and enchanting women/ goddesses from getting home to his wife Penelope and his son.
This epic simile compares Odysseus, who is the tenor, to a grief-stricken woman, who is the vehicle. The simile describes the manner in which Odysseus wept as the bard sang the story of the Trojan horse. The simile reveals an emotional connection that Odysseus holds deep in his heart to his fallen comrades during the Trojan War. As he remembers the successes of the Trojan horse, thoughts of his war-stricken friends cross his mind as well. Odysseus always honored his fallen companions, with a particular instance being when Odysseus saluted each killed comrade before setting sail from Troy after the Cicones’ counterattack (Homer 213).
According to Greek mythology and history, the Trojan War was the greatest war ever fought. Scholars still read of this story in Homer’s Iliad, an epic poem denoting the events that occurred during the tenth and final year of the conflict. However, this story was not immediately written down, but was told orally for several hundred years until the Greek reinvention of writing in 750 BCE. Some modern-day scholars argue that the gap of time between the events depicted in the book and the time in which it was written have allowed anachronisms to occur within the story.
Ares’s strong personality prompted even his parents, Zeus and Hera, to dislike him. His bloodthirst and love for conflict are traits that show he’s the exact opposite of Athena, goddess of war strategy and wisdom, who’s often praised by gods and mortals alike. Especially Zeus himself who favored her the most among all the gods, he hated Ares just as much. The Trojan War is an example of Ares’s reckless acts, in Homer’s version is a perfect example of Ares showing up only in times where there’s conflict. Fighting alongside the Trojans, though as the god of war it’s expected he would win, it’s not surprising that his hot headed nature only worked against him, which is unsurprising that the the war resulted in the Achaeans victory, especially
Even though the Trojan War sets itself up as a very controversial topic to many people, there is one positive aspect to this topic. The Trojan War contributed specific evidence to our generation on how greeks fought or may have fought battles through the Illiad. One could classify homeric warfare used by the greeks with simple weaponry, specific tactics in practice and use of humanistic ideologies. First, an important topic of warfare to address is the types of simple weaponry used. The weaponry that caught my attention first was the use of shields.
This is like Hector’s struggle because why should Hector die defending his brother’s wife/girlfriend (Iliad VI, 427-460). More importantly, why should other Trojan men die for such a small insignificant cause? All of the thousands of men that have died fighting this war have died in vain because this in Achilles eyes was not a just cause for
Throughout Titus Andronicus, many allusions are made to the Trojan War, a violent ten-year battle fought between the Trojans and the Greeks in ancient times. I believe that those references are meant to drive home the point of revenge as a cycle of murder, betrayal, and bloodshed. One example is the status shift that Tamora undergoes during the first three acts of the play. In 1.1, Tamora and her children were simply prizes of war that Titus gifted the emperor. As the Romans made to kill Tamora’s firstborn son, she fell to her knees, begging for mercy that the Romans ignored.
and thousands that were drinking the king murders his own daughter (sacrifice) when they are ready to sail to the troy the winds blow at them again. And he was told by the god that if he wants a favorable wind, he must sacrifice his daughter. later on, Agamana pay for her death with his own death with a thousand ships and warrior, they sail to the Troy they fought for 10 years again was accused of not be fighting in the 3 front line with the other top Hector was fighting with the soldier and risking his own life Hektor and Achilles were the last battles among both sides hero However, in the last scene, Hektor lost against Achilles
In the tenth year of the Trojan War, Achilles, the greatest fighter for the Achaeans (the Greeks and their allies), is enraged. King Agamemnon, who leads the Achaeans, has brought an illness upon the army by refusing to give up a woman, Chryseis, whom he seized as a prize in a recent battle. Chryseis is the daughter of a priest of the god Apollo. When Agamemnon refuses to give her back in exchange for a ransom, her father calls on the god, and Apollo sends a plague. When Achilles calls on Agamemnon to give up Chryseis in return for future compensation, Agamemnon seems to view the idea of future compensation as unlikely for a warrior who lives moment by moment and demands immediate restoration of his pride by claiming Briseis, the woman Achilles
During the greco-persian wars a very decisive battle took place on the plains of marathon in northeastern Attica. This battle was the first Persian invasion of Greece in september of 490 B.C. Most information we have on the battle is a historian named Herodotus who was a primary source of the event. It all started during the Ionian revolt where Athens and Eretria sent forces to help the Ionians.
As it is acknowledged in Mythology, by Edith Hamilton, the Trojan war depicts a classic myth of both love and deception. This tale starts with the conflict between the Greeks and Trojans, due to an abduction of Greek Spartan queen, Helen. Because of this tragedy, Menelaus and Agamemnon gather an army of Greeks to defeat Paris and Troy. Achilles was known to be the best warrior at this time; therefore, he was sent to the war to fight for the Greeks. Due to him being alongside his best friend, Patroclus, Achilles finds his motivation to fight.
Although today, the name of some warriors are used when we refer to some-things but that is not enough to prove the existence of this battle and it should be suggested that the battle between the Greeks and the Trojans should be moved to the realm of myth and poetry until there is more evidence
Abstract: War, honor and aggression was the first thought that came to mind when I read the Iliad. The Iliad of Homer talks about how and why they went to war, the effects on the human society and the rage of Achilles against his comrade Agamemnon and the Trojans. Helen, who is the wife of Menelos and sister in law to Agamemnon, was kidnapped by Paris, the son of the king of Troy. The Achaians who were under King Agamemnon, had been fighting off the Trojans off and on for nine years, trying to bring home Helen. After many years of Achaian attacks somehow Troy remained intact, and the Trojan army remain undefeated.
