Well, the first place you could look is the enotes summary on homers iliad. Achilles is angered that apollo has prevented him from gaining more glory, and begins running. In the tenth year of the trojan war, tensions are running high among the achaians a superancient name for the ancient greeks. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in the iliad, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. In the iliad, book 22, in what way is hectors decision to. The iliad book xxii the great books quest day 22 duration. This contains a book by book summary and analysis of. Joseph campbell condensed his understanding of story into a theory he called monomyth, also known as the heros journey or the. Hector stands as the only trojan left outside troy, too ashamed to join the other trojans in their retreat becuase of his previous orders for them to camp outside eventhough priam besgs him to come inside. Homers epic poem the iliad tells the story of the trojan war and the epic heroes and gods, including achilles, hector, odysseus, athena, ares. Achilles is angered that apollo has prevented him from gaining more glory, and begins running toward the walls of troy. Then toward the town with might and main he ran, magnificent, like. This style of fighting is unusual in the iliad and seems almost dishonorable compared to.
Book xxii of a new complete english translation with hyper linked index. Achilles chases the man he believes to be agenor, but soon apollo reveals himself to achilles, taunting him for chasing a god. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. First, the priest chryses comes to ask their leader, king agamemnon, to release his daughter, whom agamemnon was holding captive. Hast thou in good sooth no care for thy toil regarding the trojans whom thou. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of the iliad and what it means. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. 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 hektors death. Achilles routs the trojans and splits their ranks, pursuing half of them into the river known to the gods as xanthus and to the mortals as. Book xxii of a new complete english translation with hyperlinked index.
In this chapter, we see achilles mourn and honor patroclus by overseeing his friends funeral and proceeding funeral games. Homers epic poem the iliad tells the story of the trojan war and the epic heroes and gods. The epic poem ends with the trojans burying hector. This contains a book by book summary and analysis of homers epic poem. So he pondered as he abode, and nigh to him came achilles, the peer of enyalius, warrior of the waving helm, brandishing over his right shoulder the pelian ash.
Course heros video study guide provides indepth summary and analysis of book 22 of homers epic poem the iliad. As all the troops of troy catch their breath within its walls, hector stands at the gates to withstand the coming raid. The quarrel between achilles and agamemnon in book 1 of homers iliad sets in motion a chain of events that will affect the tenth and. In book viii, the achaian, teucer, hides behind the shield of aias and kills several trojans with his arrows. Epic similes in book 22 of the iliad by caroline treis on.
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