Agamemnon and Achilles
Concerned, the gods act as a representation of internal force on an individual. In the case with Achilles, Athena’s goddess of wisdom prevents him from leaving all reason and instead persuades him to cut Agamemnon with insults rather than his swords. The reasoning behind the role create end violence, death, and make peace. The reason is that both Agamemnon and Achilles prioritize their reward for the wellbeing of Achaean forces.
The gods are mostly involved in double-dealing and inane squabbles pervading the mortal realm. For example, Zeus and Hera’s bickering provides a much lighter parallel on the conflict between Agamemnon and Achilles. Often the gods are more prone to human folly than characters. It is coming out Zeus prefers to help Trojan not because of moral consideration, but instead, it is due to Theti’s favor. Similarly, the haste decision is from the fear of annoying the wife and not a worthy desire.
Zeus, in fulfilled Thetis` promise, sends a false dream of hope to Agamemnon. Who becomes convinced in defeating the Trojans. In the instance, however, the gods don’t aid humans but deceive them into injuring the Greeks. The gods are also proving they are not concerned about their actions and consequences to human suffering. It is because the false dream results in death and destruction to Greeks and Trojans. The invention further placed Agamemnon adequacy as a leader into doubts. He fails to bring men to war as Nestor and Odysseus do it.
The goddess of love, “coward goddess,” came to Paris’s rescue when his fight with Menelaus became embarrassing. Paris however, sulkily blamed the gods claiming they had provided aid to Menelaus. On the other hand, Homer avoided the mention of suffering undergone by Menelaus and the gods, thus indicated he had not received help from the gods. Zeus had given Paris a golden apple. It signified Aphrodite, goddess of love. It was because of the favor she showed him, and Helen had fallen in love with him. It is why Paris is rescued by the goddess Menelaus and Helen is brought in his chamber.
During the war, both the Greek and Trojan’s armies suffer and feel relieved when Paris and Menelaus end the war. However, the two sides wished for butchering and raping of women on the guilty side, the cease-fire the fails, and the carnage consumes both sides. It doesn’t imply Trojan’s innocence in breaching Menelaus` shoots in the persuasion of the gods. The whole scenario allowed Zeus to settle their conflict with Hera and Athena.
Athens, the goddess, decides to provide help to Diomedes during the battlefield involving gods. Pandarus wounded Achaean hero Diomedes in the battle rage. It convinced Diomedes to pray to Athena for revenge. In turn, Athena equipped him with powerful superhuman strength and power to defeat gods on the battleground. It led to the slaughter of the overconfident Pandurus and all Trojans he came across. The agreement between Athens and Diomedes was short-lived, and it was cut short when Diomedes challenged Athena, it was against the agreement. It promoted the gods of war to take the Trojan’s side.
The Trojan side took the upper side with the help of the gods of war, which resulted in the weakening of the Achaeans, leading to the killing of Achaean Tlepolemus. In response, Odysseus slaughtered the entire line of Trojans as Hector killed Greeks. The war was, however, brought to an end by Hera and Athena through Zeus’ permission. Diomedes had wounded Ares, who reported him, Zeus, but ignored because Ares deserved it.
Often the disagreement between gods leads to violence between the mortals. It is seen when Athena persuaded Pandarus to defy the cease-fire. The gods give their support one side, the area they favor. However, they scheme treaties but fails to adhere to the treaties. It comes out when they vow to support the Achaeans but fights alongside the Trojans.
After prohibiting other gods from interfering with war, Zeus returned to Trojan’s side, prompting retaliation from the Greek side. The reason for this was after he overweighed Troy and Achaea in his scale, and Achaea sank. Trojan’s rise in power forced Hector to seek Nestor’s assistance. The Achaeans army got help from Hera, who inspired Agamemnon to rouse the army. Hera also prayed for relief from Zeus, who responded by sending an eagle with fawns in its paw. It was a good sign to the Achaeans since it symbolized inspiration to fight back.
Zeus, king of all the gods, men claimed to be neutral in the battle; however, he was on the Trojan’s side, and he gave a lot of support to Hector. It was contradicting because he had promised to provide Thetis with his permission. He provided symbols from the sky, strength, and protection to Trojans in the entire battle. Zeus sent his son, the gods of the sun, to help Hector in action, the Achaeans remained with only the Poseidon, the gods of the sea, who provided them with reinforcement in the battle.
Athena and Hera were in favor of the Greeks, but Hector overpowered them; he drove the Greeks to their ships away from the fortifications. The goddess Iris was sent to them by Zeus as a warning of their consequences from their interference in war. It made them relent and return to Mount Olympus, where Zeus gave them the last chance to save the Achaeans and reminded them of only Achilles’ capability to prevent Greek destruction.
Hera sided with the Greeks thought the battle, and she would stop at nothing despite Zeus’ warning. The main reason why she took side with the Greeks was after her daughter Hebe was replaced as a cupbearer to the gods by a young Trojan boy. Hera plays the role of chief divine aid to the Greeks, and she is assisted by Poseidon, the gods of the ocean.
The gods had extensively involved themselves in war, and Zeus’s entrance brought a lot of impacts. He was against inflight between the god. He was by himself, Zeus was against their action of the gods interfering the war as he had revealed to Hera about only the Achilles’ capability to save the Achaeans. The statement gave the meaning of the focus on the prideful hero.
The Achaeans became panicked and frightened; Agamemnon summoned the meeting and informed Achaeans to abandon the war. Diomedes however, refused to leave a move troops approved. During the meeting, Agamemnon blamed Zeus for his failure and defeat in the war. He was using the will of gods as his excuse forgetting the power and plan of Zeus. Apollo sided with the Trojan; the reason was because of frustration by Agamemnon’s to ransom Khryseis. He was responsible for sending a plague to Greek armies.
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