Achilles... We know Achilles is a great hero and one of the major character of the book Iliad. He is a king, the handsomest hero of them all. He is a big part of the trojan war.
From the first lines of the Iliad "sing, goddess, of the rage, of Peleus' son Achilles the accursed rage, which brought pain to thousands of the Acheans." taken from the wikipedia.org.
As i emphasize the Iliad chapter 9, a focus to Achilles as a king. Let me summarize it a little.
It was war, the Aheans set back to thier ship depressed. Agamemnon: sad and said that they failed and insist that they all go home to thier land but Diomedes refused wanted to stay and fight until the end. Then Nestor stood up and said that they should talk to Achilles to reconcile with them. Agamemnon approved so he send his best troops to talk to Ahilles with gifts. But as they had talk to Achilles, Ahilles rejected it and wanted to go home and stay with thier family in peace unlike if he stays he will die but honorable. so the Achean troops set back and unsuccessful.
As I answer the question what king is Achilles I said to my self that in some way I am like him in some activity in or outside the school. I don't like to be punish or be killed to shame. I want to have a peaceful life but in life we cannot set aside the destiny of the life that is given to us by God.
Achilles as a king he is a coward but we cannot blame him for he don't want to die but in thier time to be killed in to war is the highest honor given to them. i can say that Achilles is a king that has mind of his own but in what he said that he want to go home it is also a great opportunity to his people who lived so we can say that he is a understanding person.
Thats what I thought about Achilles in Book 9 of the Iliad.
Score: 10
ReplyDeleteA good characterization of Achilles!
Sir Migs