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Iliad Representation

The Iliad by Homer tells the story of the Trojan War. It focuses on the quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles, which caused Achilles to withdraw from battle. This led to heavy losses for the Greeks as Hector and the Trojans pushed them back to their ships. Patroclus, Achilles' friend, convinced Achilles to let him lead the Myrmidons into battle while wearing Achilles' armor. Patroclus was killed by Hector. In his grief and rage, Achilles returned to combat and killed Hector in revenge, turning the tide of the war in favor of the Greeks once more.

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Iliad Representation

The Iliad by Homer tells the story of the Trojan War. It focuses on the quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles, which caused Achilles to withdraw from battle. This led to heavy losses for the Greeks as Hector and the Trojans pushed them back to their ships. Patroclus, Achilles' friend, convinced Achilles to let him lead the Myrmidons into battle while wearing Achilles' armor. Patroclus was killed by Hector. In his grief and rage, Achilles returned to combat and killed Hector in revenge, turning the tide of the war in favor of the Greeks once more.

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Author: Homer THE ILIAD

Settings Point of View: Themes: Major conflict: Rising Action: Climax:


Third person The glory of war; Agamemnon’s Hector’s assault on Achilles’ return to
Time: (Omniscent) military values over demand for Achilles’ the Achaean ships; combat turns the tide
9 years after the start family life; the war prize, the maiden the return of
of the Trojan War impermanence of against the Trojans
Briseis, wounds Patroclus to combat;
Place: human life and its once and for all and
Achilles’ pride; the death of
Troy creations Achilles’ consequent ensures the fated fall
Patroclus of Troy to which the
refusal to fight causes
the Achaeans to poet has alluded
Characters: suffer greatly in their throughout the
battle against the poem.
The Acheans The Trojans Gods and Immortals Trojans.
 Achilles   Hector  Zeus
 Agamemnon  Priam  Hera
 Patroclus  Hecuba  Athena
 Odysseus  Paris  Thetis Denouement:
  Diomedes  Helen  Apollo The retreat of the
 Great Ajax   Aeneas  Aphrodite Trojan army; Achilles’
 Little Ajax   Andromache  Poseidon revenge on Hector;
 Nestor  Astynax  Hephaestus the Achaeans’
 Menelaus   Polydamas  Artemis desecration of
Hector’s corpse
 Idomeneus   Glaucus  Ares
 Machaon   Agenor  Hermes
 Calchas   Dolon  Iris
 Peleus   Pandarus
 Phoenix   Antenor
 The Myrmidons   Sarpedon
  Chryseis
 Briseis
 Chryses

Christine E. Orozco
BSN3-2

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