Achilles

Achilles In the Iliad, Achilles was the greatest fighter in the Trojan War. In the ninth year of the war, Achilles withdrew because of a quarrel with the leader of the Achians, Agamemnon. Because Achilles left the fight, the Trojans began to win the war and many died because of Achilles’ wrath. Achilles’ wrath was not justified. Achilles was recruited into the Greek forces by Agamemnon. The fleet assembled in Aulis, in Borotia and made for Troy. There the Greeks landed after a fight, but were unable to take the city. For nine years they remained before Troy, keeping the Trojans on the defensive (Lattimore, 12). The Iliad was the story of the wrath of Achilles. With the quarrel with Agamemnon it began, and with the close of the disastrous consequences it ends. The character of Achilles is the cause of all that happens to himself, to the other Achians, to the Trojans, and particularly to Hector (Bowra, 193). Achilles is the reason for all of the destruction in the tenth year whether he was in or out of the war. The wrath originated in a quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles. Both of these achilles, agamemnon, wrath, because, war, anger, redfield, life, out, man, made, achians, situation, saw, himself, fight, bresies, two, troy, trojans, essays, done, bowra, way, results, realized, patrokolos, own, now, nature, left, different