https://padlet.com/19werbowj/4gks27jdhqtb Made with love en-us 2016-11-22 14:04:30 UTC 2017-01-09 16:46:57 UTC hello@padlet.com 19werbowj https://padlet.com/19werbowj/4gks27jdhqtb/wish/139350691 https://www.facebook.com/achilles.tendon.5015?tsid=0.7435046313330531&source=typeahead]]> 2016-11-22 14:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/19werbowj/4gks27jdhqtb/wish/139350691 19werbowj https://padlet.com/19werbowj/4gks27jdhqtb/wish/139352207 The Iliad is an epic, so therefore, it has many themes. But the theme I found most prevalent was the power of one man's wrath. Achilles is so angered by the betrayal of the Agamemnon that he allows for the deaths of many of his allies and a near defeat for the Greeks, just because he was angry. It is interesting, because in both of Homer's epic poems, gods are shown to be frequently full of easily disturbed rage. Achilles is both god and man, so that could be why he possess that inner wrath, but isn't totally able to express it. The best he could do was quit the army for a while. A god could have sent a plague, like Apollo does later in the book.  

"Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans." The Iliad]]> 2016-11-22 14:10:13 UTC https://padlet.com/19werbowj/4gks27jdhqtb/wish/139352207 19werbowj https://padlet.com/19werbowj/4gks27jdhqtb/wish/139370907 http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/anger-management/art-20045434

This guy really needs some anger management, because his anger caused many deaths, and even when he returned to battle, he was really over gruesome. (Dragging Hector around Troy). Upon his learning of the deaths of many of his fellow soldiers because of the rage of Apollo, he feels upset and returns to fight, to make up for the deaths that happened in his absense. Because of his anger, he had quit and was not in the camp when the plague hit. In that instance, his anger may have saved his life. ]]> 2016-11-22 14:57:51 UTC https://padlet.com/19werbowj/4gks27jdhqtb/wish/139370907 19werbowj https://padlet.com/19werbowj/4gks27jdhqtb/wish/139376532 The Guardian has a review of both The Iliad and the Odyssey. They mainly talk about Homer himself, and mention a contrast between his godlike status, and flaws in his writing. I personally don't think there are too many flaws, considering how it is really the first epic poem. It was the first of its kind so that kind of retro-analysis is not appropriate. My personal take on the book is that while at times it was strangely worded and maybe even a bit tough to read through, I found it surprisingly accessible to my preferences. By that I mean, there are certain things in books that we all assume are going to be there when we read them, things that we read that we are comfortable with. Usually for me its the general flow of the words with the plot, and I went into the Illiad not expecting any of that. I was very surprised to find that the book actually did have a lot of it, so it was accessible to me.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/nov/03/featuresreviews.guardianreview4]]> 2016-11-22 15:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/19werbowj/4gks27jdhqtb/wish/139376532 19werbowj https://padlet.com/19werbowj/4gks27jdhqtb/wish/139386225 Homer creates Achilles as a human with many of the same characteristics of a god.  His mother was an immortal nymph, he has almost complete invulnerability, and he is stronger than any other man.  That makes him act egotistical and he expects things that he can't always get.  Because he is godlike, he thinks that he gets to opt out of fighting and also that he deserves the best female slaves that Troy had to offer.  His acceptance at the end of the book for the father of Hector to reclaim his son's body shows insight not just into the character of Achilles, but also into how gods think. It is sometimes hard to tell if the gods are really that compassionate about humans. They usually just think of humans as a lower species, and watch our plights from far away with enjoyment.  Was the side of him that gave the corpse back his human side, or his god side? I think that his compassion was the most human thing he did in the book. Up until that point he had been acting stereotypical of a god, but at the end his actions went against what a god would do. He returned the body, showing compassion and being truly human.]]> 2016-11-22 15:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/19werbowj/4gks27jdhqtb/wish/139386225 19werbowj https://padlet.com/19werbowj/4gks27jdhqtb/wish/145494166 2017-01-05 14:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/19werbowj/4gks27jdhqtb/wish/145494166 19werbowj https://padlet.com/19werbowj/4gks27jdhqtb/wish/146010869 Citing the whole book for this project:

Homer, William Cowper, John Johnson, John Henry. Fuseli, Henry Howard, Robert Smirke, Thomas Stothard, and Thomas Westall. The Illiad .. London: Pub. by J. Johnston, & Sharpe & Hailes; Print., by S. Hamilton, 1810. Print.]]> 2017-01-09 15:28:30 UTC https://padlet.com/19werbowj/4gks27jdhqtb/wish/146010869