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    This document provides information about Homer and the Trojan War in Greek mythology. It discusses that Homer is believed to have authored the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey in the 8th century BCE. While the details of his life are unknown, he is considered the first and most important of ancient Greek epic poets. It also summarizes the plot of the Trojan War involving the key characters like Achilles, Odysseus, and Helen of Troy. The document outlines the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution of Homer's epic stories centered around this famous mythological war.

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    This document provides information about Homer and the Trojan War in Greek mythology. It discusses that Homer is believed to have authored the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey in the 8th century BCE. While the details of his life are unknown, he is considered the first and most important of ancient Greek epic poets. It also summarizes the plot of the Trojan War involving the key characters like Achilles, Odysseus, and Helen of Troy. The document outlines the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution of Homer's epic stories centered around this famous mythological war.

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    This document provides information about Homer and the Trojan War in Greek mythology. It discusses that Homer is believed to have authored the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey in the 8th century BCE. While the details of his life are unknown, he is considered the first and most important of ancient Greek epic poets. It also summarizes the plot of the Trojan War involving the key characters like Achilles, Odysseus, and Helen of Troy. The document outlines the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution of Homer's epic stories centered around this famous mythological war.

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    Trojan War

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    GREEK

    MYTOLOGY

    TROJAN WAR

    HOMER

    Homer(AncientGreek: [hm ro], Hmros)isbest


    knownastheauthoroftheIliadandtheOdyssey.Hewas
    believedbytheancientGreekstohavebeenthefirstand
    greatestoftheepicpoets.Authorofthefirst
    knownliteratureofEurope,heiscentraltotheWestern
    canon.
    Whenhelived,aswellaswhetherhelivedatall,is
    unknown.HerodotusestimatesthatHomerlivednomore
    than400yearsbeforehisowntime,whichwouldplacehimat
    around850BCEorlater. ]Pseudo-Herodotusestimatesthat
    hewasborn622yearsbeforeXerxesIplacedapontoon
    bridgeovertheHellespontin480BCE,whichwouldplace
    himat1102BCE,168yearsafterthefallofTroyin1270BCE.
    Thesetwoendpointsare252yearsapart,representativeof
    thedifferencesindatesgivenbytheothersources.

    TheimportanceofHomertotheancientGreeksis
    describedinPlato'sRepublic,portrayshimastheprotos
    didaskalos,"firstteacher",ofthetragedians,the
    hegemonpaideias,"leaderofGreekculture",andtheten
    Helladapepaideukon,"teacherof[all]Greece".Homer's
    works,whichareaboutfiftypercentspeeches,provided
    modelsinpersuasivespeakingandwritingthatwere
    emulatedthroughouttheancientandmedievalGreek
    worlds.FragmentsofHomeraccountfornearlyhalfofall
    identifiableGreekliterarypapyrusfindsinEgypt.

    TROJAN WAR

    CHARACTER

    Characters

    Athena. The Goddess of Wisdom, Heroic Endevour, Justice


    and Strategically guided Warfare. ...

    Odysseus. Odysseus leads his army in the trojan war. ...

    Achilles. Achilles was the central character and greatest


    warrior in Homer's classic tale The Iliad.

    Menelaus.

    Agamemnon.

    Zeus.

    Thetis.

    Helen of Troy.

    Settings
    TroyHisarlik
    Turkey

    PLOT

    Exposition
    The exposition (or introduction) of Homer's The
    Odyssey introduces the character of Odysseus being discussed
    by Athena and Zeus, her father. She wants to know why
    Odysseus has not been able to return home, even though the
    Trojan War has been over for ten years.Then Athena said,
    Father, son of Cronus, King of kings...it is for Odysseus that my
    heart bleeds, when I think of his sufferings in that lonely sea-girt
    island, far away, poor man, from all his friends.

    Later the reader learns the details of Odysseus' trials to return


    home as he tells of his adventures and trials (through Book 12). In
    this introductory part of the story, Zeus alludes to the longer story
    of the Cyclopes, Polyphemusthe son of Poseidon. Because
    Odysseus had behaved dishonorably toward Polyphemus (even
    though the giant ate some of Odysseus' men), Poseidon has
    punished Odysseus by keeping him away from home. At that
    moment, though, because Poseidon is not present, Zeus releases
    Odysseus so he may return to his wife and son. It is also in this
    section (Book 1) that Athena instructs Telemachus (Odysseus' son)
    to seek out what information he may be able to find about his
    father.In general the reader learns that Odysseus was at war; that
    the Greek gods are involved in the story; that our hero angered
    one god who kept him another ten years from his home; and, that
    his son has not given up hope of his return.

    RISING ACTION
    The rising action starts with Book Two and continues
    throughout the following books as we learn of Odysseus'
    adventures, his travels towards Ithaca, the suitors who have
    overrun his home, the attempt on his son's life, and
    Odysseus' arrival in Ithaca. We see him reunited with two of
    his servants and his son, and learn of the suitors' treatment
    of the disguised Odysseus. Odysseus has plans to punish
    the suitors, and Penelope has placed a test of strength
    before them to see who (so shesays) she will marrybased
    on who can complete the test. (No one but Odysseus can
    do so.)

    CLIMAX
    The climax of the story takes place when Odysseus,
    Telemachus and two servants attack and kill all the suitors.
    At one point Odysseus calls on Athena, wondering how he
    will be able to bring the suitors to their just punishment.
    Athena chides andencourages him, saying:Am I not a
    goddess, and have I not protected you throughout in all your
    troubles? I tell you plainly that even though there were fifty
    bands of men surrounding us and eager to kill us, you should
    take all their sheep and cattle, and drive them away with
    you.

    FALLING ACTION
    The falling action includes Odysseus' reunion with Penelope: how
    she cannot believe it is him and how she tests him to make sure he
    is who he says he isShe tells her servant to move Odysseus' bed
    back into his room; only Odysseus would know this to be
    impossible as he built the bed from a tree, and constructed the
    room around the bed! She says:Euryclea, take his bed outside the
    bed chamber that he himself built. Bring the bed outside this room,
    and put bedding upon it with fleeces, good coverlets, and
    blankets.When Odysseus grows angry, wondering who could have
    moved the bed, Penelope is convinced this is her husband, and
    she finally welcomes him home.

    RESOLUTION
    The resolution (conclusion) describes how the suitors
    arrive in Hades; how Odysseus goes to see his elderly
    father, Laertes; and, how the relatives of the suitors come
    to take revenge on Odysseus. We learn of the ensuing
    fight and Athena's ability to bring about peace between
    them all.

    THEME
    The main theme of theIliad is stated in the first line, as Homer asks
    the Muse to sing of the "wrath of Achilles." This wrath, all its permutations,
    transformations, influences, and consequences, makes up the themes of the Iliad.In
    essence, the wrath of Achilles allows Homer to present and develop, within the cultural
    framework of heroic honor (see Critical Essay 1), the ideas of strife, alienation, and
    reconciliation. The wrath of Achilles is provoked by Achilles' sense of honor as a result
    of eris or discord, which leads to the warrior's alienation from the Greeks and eventually
    from human society. Second, the wrath of Achilles sets him up in clear contrast to his
    great Trojan counterpart in the story Hektor. Finally, the assuaging of Achilles' wrath
    leads to the reconciliation and reintegration of the warrior, first into his own community
    and second into the larger community of all humanity. When considering these three
    basic ideas that result from the wrath of Achilles, readers can see a grand design in the
    work that centers not so much on war as on the growth and development of an
    individual character.

    PROJECT IN ENGLISH
    PREPARED BY: FRANCE ARRIAN NICDAO
    10-ST. ILDEFONSUS

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