2/27 – Iliad Assignment

1. Write a question. It can be an interpretive question that you have an opinion on or something about the text that you don't understand. You do not need to write the answer.

Q: One thing that is really confusing to me that a lot of people had as well was, during this paper Agamemnon is telling his army that they are not able to take over troy. Wasn't Agamemnon trying to take over Troy? Why all of a sudden does he not want to take over troy?

2. What was your opinion of Agamemnon before reading this section? Does your opinion of him change after reading it? Why or why not? A one paragraph reply is fine, minimum of 6 solid setneces, but you are encouraged to write more.

Q: Well first off Agamemnon seems extremely greedy and a very selfish king. He's the type of person you use to describe someone bad. Although he seems like he is a dedicated man and seems to follow in whatever he puts his mind into. For instance, taking over Troy. I believe that he knew it would be a hard task but he seem like he knew what he was doing. Still he seems to care nobody but himself.
Like when Helen's father asked to fight against Hector's brother for Helen. Agamemnon thought that was a joke and he doesn't care for his comrades daughter, only himself.

3. At various points in the text some characters attempt to persuade other characters to take a course of action. Examples of characters using persuasion include Nestor, Odysseus, and Ajax. Make a list of the persuasive strategy used by these characters, following this format:

Q:Odysseus is brought into the story is a messenger of Agamemnon that was brought to Achilles. Though he repeats the same thing he says that he should take pity for not helping anybody. That he is letting everybody down. Which is located on page 261. So this is also another good example of emotions being used.

One great example that i found was on page 252. Diomedes stands up to the counsel telling them to not abandon hope on taking over Troy. This seems to lead to emotions in it because he really wants to win over troy and be remembered.

Another great one was when Agamemnon tries to persuade Achilles join the war again and fight for him. This is a great reason because Agamemnon needs Achilles for Agamemnon's greedy needs. I don't think he uses his emotions or anything else, but just greed.