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A 5 page paper which
examines who is responsible for the death of Patroklos in “The Iliad.” Bibliography lists
11 additional sources.
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heroic ideal or the heroic code. As one author states, "The heroic ideal in the Iliad is sometimes offensive to modern sensibility, but what is required here is not the
readers approval, but understanding of these heroic values. One can only understand the Iliad, if one realizes what motivates action in the poem...Homeric heroism is savage and merciless. (Anonymous Iliad
homer.htm). These are all important issues when examining the seemingly simple death of Patroklos. While it is generally agreed upon that Patroklos has been killed by Hektor, there are others,
including Patroklos himself, who are responsible for the death of Patroklos. Bearing that in mind we present the following paper which examines various characters in Homers story and discusses their
part in the responsibility for the death of Patroklos. Hektor It is quite obvious that Hektor is the one who physically killed Patroklos. But, at the same time
even Patroklos understood that Hektor did nothing more than play the physical part of the story. Floyd states that "Patroklos himself, though, presents a more complex picture at Iliad 16.849-850,
as he says he was slain by fate and Apollo, followed, among men, by Euphorbos, with Hektor being only in third place....Hektor is presented by Patroklos as merely the implement
(2) which struck the coup de grace" (Floyd ucla13.html). As we can see, although Hektor obviously killed Patroklos, he was just one of many players in the death of the
man. Paris Paris is one of many individuals who plays a significant part in the death of Patroklos, though his part is incredibly symbolic it would seem. "Paris,
we must recall, will kill Achilles from behind, with Apollos help; sometimes Apollo is portrayed as solely responsible for Achilles death, which the Iliad does not describe but does allude
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