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This 5 page paper compares the varying types of supplication in books 1, 9 with the supplication in book 24 of Homer's Illiad. Examples are given and cited. A comparison of Achilleus's supplication as compared to King Priam is given.
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is dealt with. Priam, an elder statesman and ruler, he joins his forces with Achilleus in battle. However, it can also be said that the theme of supplication to the
gods to end the horror of war permeates a good deal of the tale as well. Priam is portrayed as being a gentle and wise ruler, who is a fond
father to his children and a man of deep honor and dignity. It is this compassion that enables him to reach out to Achilleus on the basis of their mutual
love for their children. In the end, honor and courage did not keep their children alive. For nine years the Achaians have besieged Troy. During one of their raids
on a nearby town they take as captives two women: Chryseis, daughter of Chryses, priest of Apollo, and Briseis. Chryseis is given to King Agamemnon as a war prize; Briseis
is allotted to Achilleus. When Chryses the priest comes to the Argive camp seeking to ransom his daughter, Agamemnon refuses. At Chryses behest Apollo sends a plague on the Achaians.
In the first chapter of the Illiad, Chryses, disheartened because Agmemnon will not release his daughter, prays to Apollo for help.
"Hear me," he cried, "O god of the silver bow, that protectest Chryse and holy Cilla and rulest Tenedos with thy might, hear me oh thou of Sminthe.
If I have ever decked your temple with garlands, or burned your thigh-bones in fat of bulls or goats, grant my prayer, and let your arrows avenge these my tears
upon the Danaans" (Homer, Book I). Hearing his prayer, Apollo grants Chryses his wish and immediately begins to besiege the town. There, Achilleus is stationed with his men. For
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