Language: I decided to pick a really beautiful passage on page 46 in which a Trojan soldier is delivering a rally speech to his fellow soldiers. He ultimately states that they're defending their dying city, or in his words their city is in flames, and that this most likely be the last battle ever fighting. However, this is the best choice regardless for these men. I think this emphasizes just how important battle is to the ancient Roman society and we learn this throughout the novels that we've been reading because we see that many of these people remain fighting even though they know sometimes that it is a lost cause but it's better to die with glory than it is to go out without any. So this soldier is rallying all his other fellow soldiers to continue the fight and help them maintain their glory …show more content…
This is the one I hope to flush out in future weeks is weather. I think the weather represents the gods’ desires and emotions towards events. We noticed this through Juno’s actions when she goes to the god of winds in order to prevent the Aeneas and the seamen from docking anywhere because she fears the “takeover” of Carthage. Carthage’s her favorite city and she hopes for it to be the ruler one day and she feels like if these men colonize and begin things a society of Rome this will not happen. She did not want them to interfere with her favorite city becoming the ruler so we see that the gods constantly interfering in events. These people are fighting for Rome but they're constantly getting interfered with by the gods because the gods are not happy with what's happening with fate. Ultimately we see Neptune join the story and calm the seas in order to prevent anymore casualties because he is aware of how steadfast fate is. Juno knows that fate is calling the seamen to settle in Italy and grow it and she knows that it's wrong of her to interfere with fate but she does because the gods are always interfering no matter the
... that war will determine Rome’s fate and how they rise and maintain their power will create their reputation. The shield highlights Roman history and Virgil ends with the triumph of Augustus, which brings the end of strife and civil war of the past.
To start with the most common one, the role of the gods, one can see many such allusions thrown all over the odyssey. The epic poem starts in Mt.Olympus where the gods are discussing what will happen to Odysseus , Master mariner and warrior of Ithaka. As it so happens he is on the island of Kalypso, one of the lesser gods. Also, as Odysseus travels, one learns about the role of the gods in not only his travels but other peoples ones too. Agisthos, the man who stole Agamemnon's wife and killed him, was sent a message from Zeus by Hermes, giving him the information of what will happen if he kills him. Also, Menelaus, the red haired king of war, had to wrestle with a sea-god in order to gain acceptance and sail all the way back to his homeland of Sparta, and find news about the rest of his companions. He would not find out about his brothers demise until he got home.
...t all the Trojan men will be fighting for their beloved Troy, too keep her from tumbling. The Trojans had no choice except to fight. They had to use violence to achieve the goal of the people. They must use all the power in their mights to defend their only home. If they don't they will exhibit a weakness, in which the Greeks will then take for granted. Violence, once again, is a necessity in reaching a common goal of a city that is under attack.
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Aristophanes denounces the importance of the gods' influence on the actions of mortals. In the usual tragedy, the gods play an extremely important role towards the actions of the mortal characters. Through fear of the alternative and examples of the past, Athenians carried out their everyday lives under the guidance of the gods' wishes. Aristophanes challenges the audience, and Greek culture as a whole, by offering a different view on the answers and directions of life, than that of the gods. He denounces the parables and explanations to answers in life that involve the gods. Instead he explains that such things as the aerial whirlwind, and especially the clouds, are the reasoning behind all of natures actions. On the surface these comments were seen as a mockery and very humorous. Underlying this humor is a scary truth, most likely ignored by the congregations witnessing this play. How many times has a character in a tragedy been so willing to contradict the gods? Dominant characters like Creon and Prometheus have blatantly disobeyed the gods. The alternative explanations serve a hidden truth in the hearts of many of the Athenian people. This truth is always again repressed by the end of each play, tragedy or comedy; because their was too great of a fear to upset the higher beings.
The Trojan War veterans of The Odyssey succeeded in defeating their enemies on the battlefield. The end of combat did not mean relief from burdens for them. War is cruel, but in it these men see a glory they cannot find outside. Achilleus’ death in war is treated with ceremony and respect. Agamemnon, having survived that same war, dies a pitiful death and Klytaimestra “was so hard that her hands would not/ press shut [his] eyes and mouth though [he] was going to Hades” (XI, 425-426). Dying at home meant being denied even simple acts of dignity. Reflecting back on it Hades, Agamemnon characterizes the veteran’s struggles when he asks, “What pleasure was there for me when I had wound up the fighting?” (XXIV, 95).
The first thing that comes up in The Odyssey that pertains to fate is when Zeus exclaims “My word, how mortals take the gods to task! All their afflictions come from us, we hear. And what of their own failings? Greed and folly double the suffering in the lot of man.” Zeus is saying that we all as humans cause our own misery and blame the gods for it. His attitude towards the struggles of humans is that since we cause our own problems, we should fix them by ourselves too. He is admitting that the gods do not have full control over events in human life. They have a
28, Lines 1-3). This being a chief example of Caesar exaggerating his own participation in battle when it was seemingly unnecessary for him actively fight given the circumstances of the battle as he described it. The lengths Caesar goes to improve his own image do not stop at merely portraying himself as willing and skilled in the field of battle, but extend to his ability to boost the fractured morale of his troops through action and rejuvenating speech in response to the rumors previously cited. Although the uplifting speech he gave to his troops may have been only slightly exaggerated and glamorized, the mere inclusion of this tangent to his military action against the Germans indicates his yearning aspiration to be viewed as a superior leader to his adversaries as well as his allies. Caesar’s Latin language in itself is a representation of his desire to glamorize his own image. His continual use of third person verbs to describe himself and his actions may be the most convincing aspect of his commentary, which is an indication of his striving desire to appear God-like and larger than life in the eyes of the Roman
Throughout the Iliad, heroic characters make decisions based on a specific set of principles, which are referred to as the “code of honor.” The heroic code that Homer presents to readers is easy to recognize because the heroic code is the cause for many of the events that take place, but many of the characters have different perceptions of how highly the code should be regarded. Hector, the greatest of the Trojan warriors, begins the poem as a model for a hero. His dedication and firm belief in the code of honor is described many times throughout the course of the Iliad. As a reward for heroic traits in battle, prizes were sometimes awarded to victors of war. In Book 1 Achilles receives Chryseis as a prize and a symbol of honor. Heroism had its rewards and its setbacks which ultimately was the backbone of the Illiad in the case of Achilles prize. Hector, arguably the greatest Trojan warrior or even the bravest of the Homeric heroes is very fierce and fights for what he believes is his destiny. In book VI Hector expresses his bravery when Andromache pleads with Hector not to fight when Hector says, “But I would die of shame to face the men of Troy and the Trojan woman trailing their long robes if I would shrink from battle now, a coward. Nor does the sprit urge me on that way. I’ve learned it all too well. To stand up bravely, always to fight in the front ranks of Trojan soldiers, winning my father great glory, glory for myself” (VI, 387).
“Then the screaming and shouts of triumph rose up together, of men killing and men killed, and the ground ran blood.” From first examination the Iliad seems to be an epic founded on an idealized form of glory, the kind that young boys think about when they want to join the army. A place full of heroism and manliness where glory can be achieved with a few strokes of a sword and then you go home and everything is just lovely. Many people view the Iliad this way, based on it’s many vivid battle descriptions and apparent lack of remorse for the deaths that occur. This, however, is not how war is presented in the Iliad. Homer presents a very practical outlook on war countering the attainment of the glory with the reality of its price and the destruction it causes. He successfully does this by showing the value of the lives of each person that dies and, in a sense, mourning their passing, describing the terror and ugliness of war, and, through the characters of Achilleus and Hector, displaying the high price of glory.
When Phoenix, Ajax, and Odysseus visit Achilles to convince him to fight, Achilles show the power of friendship by listening to them and not taking his anger on them. Even though Achilles was angry at Agamemnon, he did not let his wrath get to him when he saw his friends. Even though he denies their offer he still listened to them. Family is another theme relatable to the audience. From Achilles family to Hector’s family, there were are characteristics that shows them importance of family in the passage and in the larger economy. Achilles mother prophesied on his son’s future. He lets him know his future so he can be aware. This displays how family are caring and always looking out for each other. Another example is King Priam, Hector’s father who wept freely informs of Achilles to fight for his son proper burial. This is resembles in Salammbo when Salammbo goes back to Matho to get her veil back even if it is meant putting her life at risk. These events leads to the text, “And so the Trojans buried Hector breaker of horses”. This text emphasizes that the Trojans thankfulness and gratitude to be able to bury their own. Even though Hectors was a skilled fighter, “breaker of horses”, he was not strong enough to with stand the confident and murderous Achilles. This is a very powerful message because it displays a very strong relationship between Hectors and his father that the Trojans were able to bury Hector the
The film The Trojan Women does not depict war as most films do, a grueling brawl on the war front between two forces, leaving men and widowed women in its blood-filled wake. This film goes beyond that typical portrayal of war to focus on the aspects of war that viewers are not used to seeing, the effects of war on the homeland. This film primarily centers on the impacts of war that those still at home must endure, left behind by their loved ones who trade life and limb for the safety of their country and family. The widows in this film must cope with multiple torments of war; losing a loved one to battle, leaving their old life behind, and battling the mental hardship that accompanies these tragic events. The film does not place the emphasis
The interactions between these is clear from book 1 where Juno is fuming because her favoured city Carthage has been prophesized to be destroyed by Trojans, who she already holds hatred for. She calls on Aeolus to let free the ‘brawling winds and howling storms’ [1.54] to keep Aeneas and his men from reaching their destiny in return for the most beautiful nymph. Aelous gives his consent to this and the Trojans face a sudden and violent storm. However, Neptune, god of the ocean, does not appreciate this and calms the storm down, saying of Aeolus
A hero known for his invincibility. A warrior who fought in the Trojan War and killed many, but also died in battle. Achilles was hero who was dipped in River Styx as a baby by his mother to make him immortal. However, his mother did not contemplate that where she held him, his heel, would remain mortal resulting in his weakness. Achilles was trained by a wise centaur and became the brave warrior he was, he pretended to be a woman to avoid war, and he died by a poison arrow that pierced through his heel.
Films have always been used to bring out various cultural artifacts and traditions. Through film, it would be easier for one to point out the culture in which one or the main character belongs to. The Iliad and Troy remains to be amongst the most renowned literal and film pieces that have been read, viewed and appreciated throughout history. Just as is the film Troy, which is based on the epic, The Iliad, Gladiator is a 2000 British–American epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott. The Gladiator features the character of Crowe, a fictional character, who is very loyal to Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius. Crowe is betrayed when Commodus, a very ambitious son to the then the emperor Marcus Aurelius takes over power after killing his father.