Illiad Assignment

1) Do you believe Achilles will turn his back on Agamemnon even after all the gifts that Agamemnon is giving him.

2) My opinion on Agamemnon before reading this would be that he is a coward and he was very inconsiderate of all off his soldiers. He would never go with them to battle. He would just sit back and watch all of his men die in battle which is really messed up. Even after all of what he did for Achilles in this section it still doesn’t change my mind of him being an inconsiderate leader. The only reason that he is doing this for Achilles is because he knows that without Achilles in this war the Greeks will not have a fighting chance against the Trojans. He is just trying to persuade Achilles to fight with him again. All Agamemnon could provide Achilles is women and material things.

3) Pg. 255 Line 137
A) Agamemnon says “Why look, that man is worth an entire army the fighter Zeus holds dear with all of his heart”. This applies to reason because it is obvious that with Zeus the Trojans would easily kill all of the Greeks. The reason all of that this relates to reason is because Zeus counts as a whole army so with that in mind it is easy to tell that the Trojans will easily win.

Phoenix
- Reminds his of his father past. This appeal to emotion.
- He uses his father’s life past to persuade him to go to war