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1 giorno fa · The story of the Iliad follows the great Greek warrior Achilles, as well as his rage and the destruction it causes. Parallel to this, the story also follows the Trojan warrior Hector and his efforts to fight to protect his family and his people. It is generally assumed that, because he is the protagonist, Achilles is the hero of this story.
2 giorni fa · Akin to the countless lives cut short in the Trojan War, Oswald’s poem does not progress. Memorial is a stagnant, dirge-like meditation on death that recalls the names of each warrior slain in the Iliad. Conjuring vivid images of loss, Oswald intersperses her poem’s obituaries with repetitions of chilling epic similes.
2 giorni fa · Apollo played a pivotal role in the entire Trojan War. He sided with the Trojans, and sent a terrible plague to the Greek camp, which indirectly led to the conflict between Achilles and Agamemnon. He killed the Greek heroes Patroclus, Achilles, and numerous Greek soldiers. He also helped many Trojan heroes, the most important one ...
2 giorni fa · In the Trojan War, Aphrodite, protector of Troy, persuades Ares to take the Trojans' side. The Trojans lose, while Ares' sister Athena helps the Greeks to victory. Most famously, when the craftsman-god Hephaestus discovers his wife Aphrodite is having an affair with Ares, he traps the lovers in a net and exposes them to the ridicule ...
5 giorni fa · The five epic poems that everyone should know are the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Aeneid, Beowulf, and the Divine Comedy. Homer’s two great epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are foundational to Western civilization. The first tells of Achilles’ prideful anger and its destructiveness, but also of the will of god (Zeus), which is accomplished in ...
3 giorni fa · Death of Hector. In one of the single most celebrated encounters of the Trojan War, Hector was called out by Achilles who challenged his foe to a single duel outside the gates of the besieged city ...
3 giorni fa · The Supreme Allied. Commander Europe. One of the two strategic commanders for NATO and the commanding officer of Allied Command Operations (ACO). The current SACEUR is General Cavoli. The SACEUR is responsible to NATO's Military Committee, the highest military authority in NATO, for the overall direction and conduct of military operations for NATO.
