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An 8 page paper which examines the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments Agamemnon’s ambassadors make in an attempt to get Achilleus (Achilles) to return to combat. No additional sources are used.
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(war prize), he refused to help the Achaeans battle the Trojans. With losses mounting, Agamemnon had no choice but to ask his three most loyal ambassadors, Odysseus (Ulysses), Phoinix
(Phoenix), and Aias (Ajax), to persuade their most celebrated warrior to return to active combat. He believed it meant the difference between triumph and defeat. Because relations between
himself and Achilleus remained seriously strained, he relied upon three articulate spokesmen to plead his case for him. The arguments this royal trinity present to the stubborn soldier forms
the basis for the poems Book IX. Odysseus was a veteran warrior whose reputation as a powerful speaker was firmly established. He first elects to appeal to Achilleuss vanity
through flattery by complimenting him on his lavish feast and the hospitality he has shown his visitors. This offering of the olive branch is a clear attempt to soften
Achilleuss position, and usually an effective way of opening an argument. Then, he moves on to impressing Achilleus the gravity of the current military situation and reminds him of
his civic duty. Like a true statesman, Odysseus implores, "Up with you, then, / If you intend at all, even at this late hour / To save our army
from these howling Trojans. / Think of yourself, of the regret you will feel / For harm that will prove irreparable. / This is the last chance to save your
countrymen" (lines 249-254). He follows this up by making a materially persuasive argument by chronicling and detailing every gift Agamemnon has promised him for his return to the battlefield,
noting, "Agamemnon is offering you worthy gifts / If you will give up your grudge. / Hear me / While I list the gifts he proposed in his hut: /
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