Courage Of Patroclus

Courage Of Patroclus

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This poem is an original and is About the book "The Song Of Achilles" by Madeline Miller If you don't know or haven't read the novel: The novel is about the love of two guys . One was a prince..the prince of Phthia , half-god and is the Greatest of the Greeks whose destiny was to defeat the greatest of the Trojans.. His name , was Achilles. The other , was also a prince . A prince who was exiled over a crime he unintentionally committed. He was exiled to Phthia and he met Achilles. The two eventually fell for each other, despite the disapproval and Achilles mother. A sea nymph aka a sea goddess. When the Trojan war was approaching Patroclus joined Achilles in the ten year long war . The year was long and tough , many deaths and hard times . Patroclus wasn't really acknowledged and was just seen as someone under Achilles. Which is why I specifically wrote my poem about Patroclus and the courage he showed , though it did have a cost , it is still very admirable and it definitely impacted me. (Made me cry)
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The Aeneid is an epic poem written in 12 books and is modeled in part on the great Greek epic poems, on Homer's Iliadand Odyssey, and on Apollonius' Argonautica. The Iliad describes the exploits of Achilles and other Greek heroes in the Trojan War (the same war which forced Aeneas to leave Troy and is described in Book II of the Aeneid) whilst the Odyssey describes how Ulysses (or Odysseus in Greek) wandered for many years, trying to return home after the Trojan War. The first six books of the Aeneid parallel the Odyssey because they describe Aeneas' search for a home. Aeneas even stops in many of the same places that Odysseus did. There is an important difference, however, for whilst Odysseus was trying to return to his original home, Aeneas must find a new place in which to settle and make his home. The second six books parallel the Iliad, for they describe the war in Italy just as the Iliad describes the Trojan War. Again, there are many parallels. For example, the Trojans are besieged inside their fort in Italy just as they were trapped inside Troy. But again there is an important difference, since the Iliad describes how the Trojans lost the war and Troy fell but in theAeneid the Trojans win the war in Italy and get the chance to build a new city. Virgil imitates many scenes from both the Iliad and the Odyssey in his epic, but he always changes them in significant ways so that they illustrate his own Roman themes. One of the most important differences between Homer's epics and the Aeneid is that it can be read as a patriotic poem whilst the Iliad and the Odyssey are poems about individuals and their adventures.

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