Week 3 Reading: Homer's Iliad; Part B

Reading notes adapted from Homer's Iliad, by Alfred J. Church

The Rousing of Achilles

  • Usage of many descriptive adjectives and verbs. This can be very useful in immersing the reader into the story
  • Instances of grammatically incorrect sentence structures, however very effective when read aloud!
    • Also, in terms of sentence structures, many of them are non-direct or passive, which is contrastive from what is required in essays, etc.
  • The verbiage used was very much like the olden times, and also very exaggerated
    • "O Hector, do you not dare ..."
    • Spoke as though you are watching a play about the past
  • The story portrayed the main hero, Achilles, as a character that is known widely in the world of the story and his infamy leads to fear among people who have never even seen him
    • This usage of background fame can be used for characters that do not need a detailed backstory before the story starts. The character's already known throughout the lore itself
The Slaying of Hector
  • Every time there is a line of dialogue, it serves more like a monologue in terms of its dramatic effects and length of the dialogue itself
  • There is a prevalence of divine intervention, which in this case is Apollo
    • He gave Achilles the greaves that prevented him from being killed Agenor, as Agenor assumed that Achilles was mortal and could be killed by mortal weapon, a spear
  • Again there are profound and descriptive adjectives, in this case describing the shine of the character's armor, which states "shine as bright as Orion.
    • Orion is a constellation in the night sky. In this case, the author is saying that the armor shined like the stars.


(Statue of Apollo. Source: Wikimedia)

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