![]() Many philosophers believed that the Bronze Age was a time of moral and artistic superiority in which humans worked in tandem with the gods and were punished for going against the gods. ![]() What is The Iliad About? Set in the Bronze Age, The Iliad provides a historical look at how society in this time view morality and heroism. Major Symbols: The shield of Achilles The Greek shipsĬlimax: Achilles returns to the war and the Trojans suffer a great defeat, ensuring the fall of Troy. ![]() Plot: Past tense, told by an omniscient third person narrator. Achilles then refuses to fight in the Greek army, which causes them to suffer losses to the Trojans. Apollo hears her prayers and sends a plague to the Greek military camp.Ĭonflict: Agamemnon demands Achilles’s war prize (the maiden Briseis), which hurts Achilles’s pride greatly. Chryseis’s father offers a ransom for his daughter, but Agamemnon refuses to return her. The Greek army captures Chryseis and Briseis, two beautiful maidens from an ally town to Troy. Major Thematic Elements: The glory of war heroes military victories valued above personal life the fleeting nature of human existenceĮxposition: It is nine years after the beginning of the Trojan War. ![]()
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