Homer addresses the practical question of the war, as the potential destruction of Troy is a great price to pay for a woman, even one as beautiful as Helen.

The best study guide to The Iliad on the planet, from the creators of SparkNotes. Get the summaries, analysis, and quotes you need. Book 3 · Book 1 · The Iliad Summary · Book 19

Strong ties of love and friendship are central to the poem's development. The friendship between soldiers can be a vital force that spurs them onward.

Summary: Book 3. The Trojan army marches from the city gates and advances to meet the Achaeans. Paris, the Trojan prince who precipitated the war by ...

One of the central ideas of the Iliad is the honor that soldiers earn in combat. For an ancient Greek man, the ability to perform in battle is the single ...

In Book III the war between the Greeks and the Trojans is personified in the hand-to-hand duel between Menelaos and Paris — the two men whose dispute over Helen ...

LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Iliad, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.

Book 3 of The Iliad is about Paris and Menelaus fighting in single combat. Paris and Menelaus decide to fight one-on-one to choose who will win Helen. They both ...

Book III. ARGUMENT. THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS. The armies being ready to engage, a single combat is agreed upon between Menelaus and Paris (by the ...

Продолжительность: 2:59
Опубликовано: 13 окт. 2017 г.