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Motif of the unwilling warrior Background:
Achilles was hidden by his mother, Thetis, on the Island of Scyros, dressed as a girl. Had a child with Deidamia there, Neoptolemus Odysseus tricks Achilles into fighting: among the gifts for the kind was armor and weaponry. Arranges for a trumpet war-call, Achilles emerges Odysseus pretended to be mad, Palamedes ruins the trick
Journey and Arrival at Troy
Several stories of what happened prior to leaving for Troy and things that happened before the events narrated in the Iliad (Iliad begins in the 9th year of the war…) Among them: The Sacrifice of Iphigenia (know basic details) Philoctetes and his bow (Heracles bow and they can’t defeat Troy without his bow) Achilles heals Telephus (reputation as a healer)
Chryseis and Briseis
Daughters of Trojans, captive “prizes.” (who was Chryseis’ dad?)
*The Wrath of Achilles *The Quarrel with Agamemnon (leader of the Greeks)
Zeus involvement in the war
-Thetis Beseeches Zeus to help Achilles in book 1- Zeus agrees, thus the whole “plan” of the Iliad (basis of it is Zeus trying to get honor for Achilles) -Apollo is not happy at the beginning of the Iliad and is killing people in Greece because Agamemnon stole Chryseis -Agamemnon is not willing to give her back for nothing and also decided to take Achilles prize, Briseis, and give Chryseis back -Athena shows up and allows only Achilles to see her “Don’t kill him, use your words Achilles” -So he just starts to berate him -Since Achilles says he can’t get his honor back he says see you all later and you deal with Troy on your own
*Book 2: Catolog of Ships
Book 3
Tries to solve in single combat Paris challenges Menelaus to combat each other but Athena steps in
Iliad book 6
Hector and Andromache -Conflict over home (oikos) and glory (kleos) Gives Hector military advice: stay near the city -Hector claims he must go fight in the front with the men to save his reputation Helen speaks to Hector -Helen is aware of her bad fate and reputation