HUMA 1105 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Balius And Xanthus, Hellenic Army, Nepenthe
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Part a: multiple choice x20, matching exercise, short answer x10. Key terms, identify and state the significance of 6 terms (choose from 10) Achilles is a multi-faced character, often throughout the story we see him solely as a self-centered shallow character, who only has his best interest in mind. We see him as savage, reckless, and a war monger. He puts his own kleos before the betterment of the greek army, by refusing to fight in the war over what some might deem a trivial dispute with agamemnon. It is only until near the end of the text do we see a deeper, more human side of achilles. When priam comes to supplicate him at his tent in. Book 24, achilles would be expected to crudely send the man away, or even attack him. Instead, he takes him in, shows him xenia, and eventually allows him to take the body of hector back with him.
