CLCV 115 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Chryseis, Iliad, Chryses

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Classical Civilization
• Course: CLCV 115
• Professor: J Solomon

Document Summary

Anger plays a major role in both the iliad and in the story of hippolytus and phaedra. In the iliad, achilles is angry at agamemnon because during a battle, achilles and agamemnon capture beautiful maidens. After chryseis" father prayed for his daughter back, the achaeans suffered until agamemnon agreed to return her to her father. After he gave her back he demanded briseis from achilles who then, out of anger for this betrayal, refused to continue to fight in the war. Achilles" anger is the driving force throughout the narrative because his refusal to fight makes the achaean suffer great losses throughout the war. One great loss, as a result of his anger, is the loss of achilles" best friend, patroclus. Patroclus agrees to fight in place of achilles because he does not want his people to lose the war. After patroclus dies, achilles becomes more angry but now his anger is directed at the trojans.