Iliad Assignment

Do Agamemnon, Ajax, Pheonix and Odysseus know that Achilles asked Zeus to smite the Greeks? The reason why I ask this is because what I brought up in class. What I brought up was when Odysseus was trying to convince Achilles to fight, he was telling him that his friends were dying and they were losing terribly. But Achilles could care less he wants them to die, he asked a god to kill them. If they knew that why would they try and convince him to come back, they never really brought this point up in the book.

About Achilles, I still like him, I dont see why people could hate him. He is doing the right thing, he is doing what almost everybody would do. If somebody insulted you and stole from you why would you want to help them out. People are calling him a coward, HE ISINT, he is sticking up for his rights he dosent want to be treated badly, he dosent want to be bought he is above all that. He could care less about what is going on with the war, he could could care less about Agamemnon. This was self-inflected against Agamemnon, through out the entire book Agamemnon has been a jerk, he has treated Achilles badly. I support Achilles by not fighting 100% all the way. I think Achilles is great and he is still my favorite character in my book.

Pheonix tells Achilles a story that is similar to what is happening to him. A mans citidal is being destroyed and he wont go and fight. People are offering him gifts but he still wont fight, but then his wife tells him the horrors that are going on. He straps on his armor and goes to fight, he saves the day but when it is all over nobody is giving him the gifts. Achilles wont fight pepole are dying and he still wont fight. I think Pheonix was trying to appeal to ethics and emotion, the reason why I say this is because Pheonix wants Achilles to realize what is right, the right thing to do. The reason why I say emotion is because people are dying, his friends are dying, it should effect his emotion it should make him want revenge.
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