WebIliad Summary In the tenth and final year of the Trojan War, Chryses, a priest of Apollo, attempts to ransom his daughter from Agamemnon, commander-in-chief of the Achaeans, who has taken her captive while on a raid. When Agamemnon treats him roughly and refuses the ransom, Apollo is angered and brings plague on the Achaeans.

WebThe Iliad: Book 21 Summary & Analysis Next Book 22 Themes and Colors Key Summary Analysis Achilles pursues the Trojans to the ford of the river Xanthus. The Trojan force has split in half: one group runs back to Troy, while the other group tries to cross the river to escape Achilles. The Trojans are described as being like locusts fleeing a fire.

WebApr 28, 2022 · The Iliad begins with the narrator requesting help from his Muse in telling his tale. In this introductory piece, the hero of the epic is “Godlike Achilleus.” The plot of the story involves a...

WebDetailed Summaries. ILIAD 1 Plague. Anger of Achilles. 1-7 Prologue: Sing, Muse, of the Wrath of Achilles. 8-32 Chryses tries to ransom his daughter; Agamemnon roughly rejects. the ransom and dismisses the priest. 33-52 Chryses prays to Apollo, who sends a plague among the host.

WebThroughout the Iliad, many of the characters have aristeias; Book V is the aristeia of Diomedes. Book V, sometimes referred to as the Diomedia, has its own internal unity and may once have constituted an independent poem, or bardic lay, about the exploits of the Achaian hero Diomedes, which was adapted by Homer and included in the Iliad.

WebThe Iliad Book 24 Summary In Book 24 of Homer's The Iliad, Priam of Troy goes to the Myrmidon camp and asks Achilles for Hector's body. The epic poem ends with the Trojans burying Hector....

WebBook 2 Summary and Analysis. Last Updated on April 28, 2022, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 917. Book 2 opens with Zeus’s plan to aid Achilles in his revenge. Zeus sends Agamemnon the message ...

WebThe Iliad (/ ˈ ɪ l i ə d /; Ancient Greek: Ἰλιάς, romanized: Iliás, Attic Greek: ; "a poem about Ilium") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Odyssey, the poem is divided into 24 books and was written in dactylic hexameter.

WebAnalysis. Structurally, this book has three early appeals to Hektor, begging him to come inside the walls of Troy, balanced late in the book by three laments for Hektor's death. ... battle between Hektor and Achilles brings about a reconsideration of two ideas that have been implicit throughout the Iliad. The first idea is the conflict between ...