How Does Agamemnon Change Achilles's Mind
The Iliad by Homer is an epic poem that mainly focuses on the Trojan War. The poem begins in the middle of the war between two kingdoms that lasted up to a total of 10 years. Agamemnon, the king of Greece, has an elite warrior name Achilles. However, Agamemnon fails to convince Achilles to go back to war while Priam, the king of Troy, succeeds to convince Achilles to return Hector’s body back to him. Agamemnon’s embassy fails while Priam’s embassy succeeds. Priam’s selflessness and braveness lead him to have an accomplished embassy that successfully changed Achilles’s mind. Agamemnon’s egoism causes his embassy to fail. For example, his arrogance for not wanting to return war prize Chryseis causes a dispute between him and his elite warrior Achilles, but with many men dying because of Agamemnon’s arrogance, he finally returns Chryseis to her father. As a result, he decides to take Achilles war prize in return of losing his war prize. “I’m coming to your hut and taking Briseis, your own beautiful prize, so that you will see just how much stronger I am than you, and the next person will wince at the thought of opposing me as an equal,” (La Porta 13). Distraught over his prize being taken away by Agamemnon, Achilles withdrew
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He promises Achilles treasure, land and glory if he returns, but still couldn’t get him. As Achilles know his own fate, he is not willing to go back into the war knowing that he will die. The treasure, land and glory is no use to him if he dies. He also feels that Agamemnon is not sorry for insulting him and was just trying to convince him into the war using luxury without even being present. “He can steal us blind. He doesn’t dare show his dogface here. Fine, I don’t want to have anything to do with him either. He cheated me. He wronged me. Never again,” (La Porta 51). This made Achilles’s impression of Agamemnon unashamed and
He promises Achilles treasure, land and glory if he returns, but still couldn’t get him. As Achilles know his own fate, he is not willing to go back into the war knowing that he will die. The treasure, land and glory is no use to him if he dies. He also feels that Agamemnon is not sorry for insulting him and was just trying to convince him into the war using luxury without even being present. “He can steal us blind. He doesn’t dare show his dogface here. Fine, I don’t want to have anything to do with him either. He cheated me. He wronged me. Never again,” (La Porta 51). This made Achilles’s impression of Agamemnon unashamed and