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This 3 page paper discusses two passages from “The Iliad,” their similarities and differences, and what their placement in the poem tells a reader. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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well as extremely realistic and grisly descriptions of what actually happens to the human body when its speared or run through with a sword. This paper compares two passages from
two different books in the poem, and their similarities, differences, and what they tell us by their placement in the work. Discussion Because they are often charming and funny, well
look at the Olympian gods as they appear in the poem. The Olympians resemble nothing so much as a squabbling, dysfunctional family, and although they are powerful entities, they can
also be very funny. Ares, the God of War, and Athena, his counterpart, are on opposite sides of the conflict. She supports the Greeks while he helps the Trojans and
one of the things that Homer makes quite clear is that for a god, Ares can be pretty dim sometimes. In the midst of the battle-and Ares lives for bloodshed-Athena
lures him off the field: "Ares, Ares, / destroyer of men, reeking blood, stormer of ramparts, / why not let these mortals fight it out for themselves?" (5.34-36). Athena of
course has no intention of staying out of the fight but will be quite happy if Ares does. At the end of the book, Ares is battling Diomedes; he thrusts
at him but Athena knocks his spear away and Diomedes stabs the god. Ares flies up to Olympus "his spirit racked with pain" (5.1004) and complains to Zeus, whereupon Zeus
tells him to shut up and stop sniveling: "No ore, you lying, two-faced ... / no more sidling up to me, whining here before me" (5.1028-1029). The book ends with
Zeus ordering "the healing god to treat the god of war" (5.1043). In Book 20 the gods once again take up arms to help their favorite mortals. But now they
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