What was the cause of the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles in the Iliad? How did The Iliad start? What war is described in the Iliad? How was the story of The Iliad first told? What are the Iliad and the Odyssey about?
2. Book XX is about the Gods at War, and the following line pretty much sums up the gods' role in the story--"Thus the happy gods greately augmented the clash of battle and made bitter strife break out everywhere between the two armies fighting in horrible uproar" (XX 59-61).3. Af...
War's existential appeal is also perhaps best conveyed in fictional accounts, and this too is scrutinised.doi:10.1080/03071847.2014.928077Coker, ChristopherRusi JournalCoker C (2014) Men at War: What Fiction Tells Us about Conflict, from The Iliad to Catch-22. London: Hurst....
What's the passage mainly about? A. The Trojans. B. The Greeks. C. The Iliad. D. The Trojan War. 答案 这篇文章讲述了Trojan战争的故事。 1. C 此题是细节理解题。出处:The Iliad is a long poem. 句意:The Iliad是一首长诗。 因此,正确的答案是C。 2. D 此...
What is the call to adventure in The Odyssey? Odyssey: TheOdysseyis an ancient Greek poem estimated to have been written around the eight or seventh century BCE. It narrates the story of Odysseus in his 10-year journey home after the Trojan War. ...
The Iliad is set in the final year of the Trojan War, fought between the Greeks and the inhabitants of the city of Troy. The legendary conflict forms the background for the central plot of the story: the wrath of the Greek hero Achilles. Insulted by his commander in chief, Agamemnon, ...
2 .an access to an atmosphere which is full of competition 3. opportunities of being together with those with whom you share the similar experience 4. teachers are professionals in the field of education and can provide with what we expect from them; Disadvantages: 1. formal education pays ...
) Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive war; offensive weapons. Offensive (n.) The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; -- opposed to ...
Those people who received land from the king were made “barons” and in return they had to provide the king with knights if there should be a war. The chief class conflict of the time was that between the serfs and the peasants on the one hand, and their feudal lords, including the ...
Homer starts both his poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, in medias res. This is a Latin term which means, literally, "in the middle of things." In The Iliad Homer begins things in the tenth year of the Trojan War, when a lot of things have already happened (the abduction of Hel...