Homer's The Illiad: Achilles Rage

After King Agamemnon admits the errors of his ways he sends Phoenix, Ajax, Odysseus, Odius and Eurybates on their way to sway the mighty Achilles to fight. They find the mighty Achilles in the Myrmidon shelters playing his lyre singing of famous deeds and heroes. With Odysseus in the lead they approach and are met with a warm welcome from our hero Achilles. A supper is prepared and the group of close friends sits down …

…and almost killed him. The objectives of warfare for the archaic Greeks was to better themselves at the expense of others. By this I mean they made their wealth off plundering other cities in war. The women they loved, the ships they sailed, the jewelry they wore all came from people they conquered. This was accepted by people as the “art of war”. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Fagles, Robert. "Homer: The Illiad", Penguin Books U.S.A 1990