Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Week 3 Reading Diary: Homer's: Iliad

Reading Diary Homer’s: Iliad
Part 1:
  • ·      Introduction of the story with a list of characters.
  • ·      Gatherings of princes are there to take over Troy.
  • ·      Achilles sounds like he is important, for he is the bravest and strongest Greek.
  • ·      A priest comes to buy back his daughter, but King Agamemnon wished him away.  Then the priest went away to pray to Apollo. Angry, Apollo came down from mount Olympus and killed the men and animals for nine days straight.
  • ·      Achilles told the King to give back the daughter and 100 cattle of offer to Apollo. The King laughed and refused.
  • ·      Athena came to calm Achilles down and said that the King will pay him back 4 times. This sounds like foreshadowing
  • ·      Achilles. Agreed to let Briseis get captured., so everyone may witness the evil doing of the King. Then he sat on the beach and wept
  • After the 12 days feast Thetis went to Zeus.
  • ·      She asked for assistance and he accepted despite Hera
  • ·      The best was to trick Agamemnon by sending him a false dream.  So then Zeus sent a dream to him in the shape of Nestor, who Agamemnon thought was the wisest of all the Greeks.
  • ·      He believed the dream.
  • ·      The story now moves past to Hector, who is the Prince of Troy.
  • ·      He asked his mom, the Queen, to pray to Athene to stop Diomed from reaching Troy.
  • ·      Hector went back home to find Andromache but she had gone to the wall to look for him.
  • ·      They met and Hector told how Achilles killed his father and 7 brothers, so he cannot fall back and be a coward.
  • ·      Then at some point the king realizes that he need the help from Achilles. He sends his comrades Phoenix, Ajax, and Ulysses to ask him to come back.
  • ·      When they get to Achilles house he treats them with a great feast. After Ulysses explains everything and how the King wants him back. He says that he offers him gifts.
  • ·      He refuses everything the King has to offer and exclaims that he would never help him.
  • ·      Achilles wants to go to his home country to live a long life.
  • ·      Achilles met with Patroclus and went to battle with him because the fire was getting close to his ships. 
  • ·      Patroclus met with Sarpedon, the son of Zeus. He killed him with a spear!
  • ·      Then Patroclus went on a rampage killing many men from Troy. Apollo asked him to stop, but he didn’t listen and then Apollo came down and hit Patroclus with a blinding blow.
  • ·      Following this Hector speared him.



Part 2:

  • ·      Now Hector, Ajax, and both of the armies are fighting hard for the arms of Patroclus
  • ·      Hector put on his armor to look like Achilles.
  • ·      Meanwhile Achilles is fighting on another side and Antilochus went to deliver the news of Patroclus to him.
  • ·      He became enraged and became to weep.
  • ·      He asked his mother why Zeus hasn’t helped him.
  • ·      Thetis said, the next day she could have Hephaestus make him some new arms. Achilles went out too the trench and shouted a terrible shout.
  • ·      The Troy men retreated and the Greeks retreated back to base to fight the next day.
  • ·      Hephaestus made arms for Achilles.
  • ·      Achilles then fought his way into the city but all the Troy soldiers fled inside safe. Achilles went to stop the gatekeeper but Apollo saved him, and lured him away. Achilles was enraged at Apollo for cheating him and went back toward the city to face hector.
  • ·      He chased Hector around the city as the Gods decided on what to do with Hector’s fate. They decided to just leave it up to fate.
  • ·      Apollo still helped Hector run faster and longer
  • ·      As they ran around the city 3 times the 4th Athene came to let Achilles know what he will win this battle. She will bring Hector to him.
  • ·      Athene took the form one of Hector’s friends and they went to attack him, but Athene vanished and Achilles slayed him were he stood.
  • ·      He pierced holes into his body and dragged him on the back of the chariot all the way back to the ships.
  • ·      Andromache saw this and fainted.
  • ·      Zeus told Achilles to give up Hector’s body for ransom and he told Priam to go Achilles’ tent and offer him tresures.
  • ·      Hermes let the way for Priam to have a safe trip.
  • ·      Priam met Achilles and he traded Hector for ransom.
  • ·      There was a truce for 9 days and Priam gave the biggest burial there ever was.

Here is the Link to the story I read this week Homer's Iliad


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