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The unique CliffsNotes research publications supply professional observation on significant issues, plots, characters, literary units, and old historical past. the most recent iteration of titles during this sequence additionally characteristic glossaries and visible parts that supplement the vintage, generic format.Homer's vintage Greek epic, The Iliad, plunges you into the midst of the conflict of Troy as swords flash and old angers flare — and CliffsNotes is at your part during the fray to protect you from being unprepared for sophistication dialogue. CliffsNotes personality analyses and significant essays delve into the depths of well-fueled feuds and deadly offerings to provide an explanation for the context of the heroic exploits of Achilles, Agamemnon, Hektor, and Priam. As Achaians struggle Trojans to the sour finish for the hand of reasonable Helen, flip to CliffsNotes at the Iliad for plot summaries and commentaries that make feel of the topics of strife and reconciliation during this fast-action paintings of vintage literature.Other positive factors that assist you determine this crucial paintings includeA shut examine the author's lifestyles, which bargains perception into his writingA history of the epic poem, that will help you comprehend the settingList of characters and their descriptionsA map that diagrams the relationships one of the charactersGlossaries that will help you absolutely comprehend the poemA evaluate part that exams your wisdom, and steered essay topicsClassic literature or smooth modern day treasure — you will know it all with professional details and perception from CliffsNotes examine publications.
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In Troy that same evening, one of the Trojan noblemen, Antenor, suggests that Helen be returned to Menelaos. Paris refuses to give up his new wife, but he offers to restore all of Helen's property to Menelaos, plus some of his own as an indemnity. Wise, old Priam, Hektor's father, sends a messenger to Agamemnon with this proposition, as well as a request for a truce during which the Trojans can bury their dead. The Achaians refuse the offer by Paris, but both sides agree on the truce. The next morning, the two armies collect their dead and conduct the funeral rites.
Poulydamas One of the Trojan leaders; a very able and clear-headed military strategist whose advice to Hektor is usually not heeded. Priam King of Troy. He is very old and no longer able to command his army in the field, but his great courage is seen when he travels to the Achaian camp one night to ransom Hektor's body. He is a noble and generous man, one of the few Trojans besides Hektor who treats Helen with respect and courtesy, despite her infidelity to her husband and the war caused by her actions.
Achilles chooses: he will defy certain death and the Trojans in an attempt to punish them for what they (and he) did to Patroklos. Thus, he returns to battle in his new armor and is so successful that he and the Achaians rout the Trojans, and he savagely kills Hektor, the Trojans' mightiest warrior. Achilles' anger is not sated, however, Page 15 and so he ties Hektor's corpse to his chariot and circles Patroklos' burial mound every day for nine days. Hektor's parents are so grieved at the barbaric treatment given to their son's corpse that Priam, Hektor's father, goes to Achilles and begs for his son's body.