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199-201 Fagles)Even thought King Priam does not blame Helen for bringing the war, many other Trojans feel as if she were responsible for it and wish for her to go home (3. If a ransom were offered that would bestow more honor upon the individual, as it was in this case by Chyses, then it was customary to accept the ransom or fear the wrath of the gods. This idea of characters in the Iliad attributing their response to a situation on an outside force is not limited to the main heroes of the epic; rather, it can be seen in the duel between Paris and Menelaus. 242-247 Fagles)From the dialogue between the two heroes it is clear that neither Achilles nor Agamemnon accepts personal responsibility for their emotional and physical reactions to the situation. " The result of the actions that Agamemnon took against Chryses, a priest of Apollo, and for the burning of his temple, clearly shows that he is responsible for losing Chryseis. But I, I will be there in person at your tents to take Briseis in all her beauty, your own prize - so you can learn just how much greater I am than you and the next man up may shrink from matching words with me, from hoping to rival Agamemnon strength for strength! (1. 208-214 Fagles)This is not what Homer wants the reader to understand about Helen. In book three, the discourse between King Priam and Helen gives us an example of Homer transferring the blame of the war from Helen to the gods, even though in the epic, she accepts the thought that she was the cause for the war. For Achilles and Agamemnon, wrath was their mortal failure which was complemented and overpowered by the immortal gift of reason. To a hero in the Iliad, an external power compels a person to act and think a certain way; therefore, personal responsibility can not be justly placed on the heroes shoulders if they follow the command of the external power, just as it was in this case. " It is certain that Paris will lose the battle when Menelaus grabs his helmet and hauls him off into the Argive lines, with the chin-strap choking him, until Aphrodite intervenes and snaps the chin-strap thus saving Paris' life (3. Rather, they decide to explain the nature of their responses on the actions of the gods and their will. Some topics in this essay:
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Agamemnon Athena,
Fagles Homer,
King Priam,
Fagles Paris,
Regardless Helen,
Achilles Trojans,
Agamemnon Chryses,
Agamemnon Briesis,
Achilles Agamemnon,
personal responsibility,
king priam,
losing chryseis,
zeus fate fury,
battle menelaus,
rejecting personal,
throughout epic,
helen paris,
own free,
fagles homer,
rejecting personal responsibility,
king priam blame,
achilles agamemnon,
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