Homeric Heroism 2.5 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? Classical CivilizationA2/A-levelOCR Created by: Sophie GriersonCreated on: 09-06-13 20:28 Book 6, Agamemnon 'the whole people must be wiped out' 1 of 37 Book 6, Paris 'my wife has just been greatly urging me to return to the front' 2 of 37 Book 6, Hector's hope for Astyanax 'pre - eminent among the Trojans; as strong and brave as I; a mighty ruler of Ilium' 3 of 37 Book 6, Hector 'war will be the business of every man in Ilium, myself above all' 4 of 37 Book 6, Hector doesn't understand Paris 'refuse to fight' when he has 'plenty of courage' 5 of 37 Book 18, Emotion is still heroic, Achilles 'a black cloud of grief engulfed Achilles' 6 of 37 Book 18, Achilles 'I have no wish to live and linger in the world of men' 7 of 37 Book 18, Achilles view on his anger 'idle burden on the earth' 8 of 37 Book 18, what Achilles will do to Hector 'cut his head from his soft neck' 9 of 37 Book 18, Poulydamas 'withdraw into the town' - good advice - 'whose strategy was sound' 10 of 37 Book 18, Hector's bad move 'unleash the dogs of war by their hollow ships' 11 of 37 Book 18, Achilles sounding like Agamemnon 'cut the throats of a dozen splendid sons of Troy' 12 of 37 Book 22, Oriens dog simile describing Achilles 'outshining all its fellows in the evening sky' and 'much fever' to 'wretched mortals' 13 of 37 Book 22, Priam to Hector 'you are inviting defeat and death at his hands' 14 of 37 Book 22, Hector's dilemma 'stand up to Achilles' and either kill him and come home alive, or be killed by him 'gloriously in front of Ilium' 15 of 37 Book 22, Kleos most important, Hector 'No: better to waste no time and come to grips' 16 of 37 Book 22, Hector 'Lions don't come to terms with men, the wolf doesn't see eye to eye with the lamb' 17 of 37 Book 22, both heroes are heroic 'two prize winning race horses' 18 of 37 Book 22, Hector's supplication 'I entreat by your knees' 19 of 37 Book 22, Achilles brutality 'inserted leather straps and tied them to his chariot' 20 of 37 Book 24, Apollo, Achilles no longer acting as a hero 'Achilles' like the lion, has destroyed pity; he has no respect for others' 21 of 37 Book 24, Achilles and Priam look at each other with 'equal admiration' 22 of 37 Aeneid Book 1, Virgil's admonishment of the mob in a simile about Neptune 'wild passion finds weapons for men's hands' 23 of 37 Book 2, Aeneas Homeric at Troy 'mindlessly I put on my armour' 24 of 37 Book 2, Homeric Aeneas 'suddenly it seemed like a noble thing to die in arms' 25 of 37 Book 6, Sibyl descring Turnus 'second Achilles' 26 of 37 Book 7, Turnus character 'love of glory' 27 of 37 Book 10, Aeneas destruction 'bending back his neck when he was still begging for mercy, he drove the sword home to the hilt' 28 of 37 Book 10, Aeneas destruction 'he harvested' 29 of 37 Book 10, Aeneas destruction 'raging victorious over the plain' 30 of 37 Book 10, Turnus simile 'like the wild boar...he stands at the bay snorting, and the bristles rouse in his shoulders and no one has the courage to clash with him' 31 of 37 Book 12, Turnus prowess 'so did bold Turnus lash his horses through the thick of battle till they smoked with sweat' 32 of 37 Book 12, Turnus anagnorisis and peripeteia 'Turnus was thunderstruck, bewildered by the changing shape of his fortune, and stood there dumb and staring' 33 of 37 Book 12, Turnus on god and fate 'Let us go where God and cruel fate call me. I am resolved to meet Aeneas in battle. I am resolved to suffer what bitterness there is in death' 34 of 37 Book 12, reflects Hector and Achilles 'five times they ran in one direction, five times they rewound the circle' 35 of 37 Book 12, Turnus' supplication 'He lowered his eyes and stretched out his right hand to beg as a suppliant' 36 of 37 Book 12, Aeneas' revenge 'By this wound which I now give, it is Pallas who makes sacrifice of you' 37 of 37
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