Iliad

The poetic technique employed in book 6, lines 11–13 and 16–18 of Robert Fagles’s translation of the Iliad is alliteration. In lines 11–13, Homer uses alliteration to emphasize swift, sharp, and...

Paris in Homer's Iliad is portrayed as a less valorous character compared to other warriors like Hector. Although he is "Godlike" and not without courage, he often avoids direct combat, preferring to...

Andromache stands near the battlements in The Iliad in key moments. In Book 6, she pleads with her husband Hector not to fight Achilles, symbolizing her position within the city's safety and the...

In book 6, Hector is about to leave for battle with the Greeks. He is saying goodbye to his wife and says the following prayer over his infant son, Astyanax: "Then he took his darling child, kissed...

Religious practices in the Iliad include divination, sacrifice, and behavior modification to appease the gods. Divination involves seers interpreting omens to understand divine will. Sacrifices are...

Hecuba is the Queen of Troy, wife of King Priam, and mother to notable sons like Hector and Paris. In Homer's Iliad, she appears in moments of deep sorrow, notably in Books 6 and 24, where she...

Hector's prayer to the gods. Antigone confronting Creon at her brother's funeral.