The essay prompt is: Odysseus travels to the underworld. What is his reason for going? Does he accomplish his goal? Why or why not? What does he learn from his visit with the dead: his mother, Agamemnon, Achilles, Elpenor, Tiresias?
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What do we make of the glorification of Achilles, and the Greek principle of Medan Agan?
What brings Agamemnon’s day to an end? The tide turns as Hector rises to prominence. How does his time end, and who is next to take up the tide of battle? BOOK 11 (198) How does this book begin? How does the book end? In Book 12 the Trojans break through the Greek defenses and […]
