Kevin Mahoney Western Heritage The Iliad is an epic poem written about the war between the Trojans and the Greeks known as the Trojan War. However, the main component of the Iliad revolves around the “Rage of Achilles”. A wrath that was ignited by Agamemnon whom is being questioned for his lack of leadership qualities. The leader of a successful military requires an open-mind approach, a sense of realism, and confidence without narcissism. Although, Homer personifies King Agamemnon as a powerful
Bassett writes about the fate in The Iliad, he analyzes how Achilles knew his fate before choosing to return to battle, and that it was his hatred for Hector that drove him to make his fatal choice. Essentially Bassett explains that ultimately Achilles accepts his fates by choosing to die in battle (P.560). In the Odyssey, Bassett describes the moment in book nine when Odysseus blinds the Cyclops, Polyphemus. Bassett explains that Odysseus alters his own fate due to his own hubris (P.561-562). I think
Achilles Educated by the Centaur Chiron; The Egyptian sphinx, the Greek centaur and the Assyrian man-bull have much in common with are Hero and Divine Man. All are composite creatures combining human and animal parts; all signify the composite nature of man and subtly refer to the hierarchies of celestial beings that have charge of the destiny of mankind. This idea of the divine and beast takes in depth analysis of human cosmology across the Greco-Roman regions. For instance the five-footed Assyrian