Homer’s epic poem The Iliad shows the same thing, too. One cannot help but love both Hector and Achilles, though they battle one another and for two different causes. One can easily feel empathy ...

An Old Soldier remembers the ten-year war at Troy and the events which led up to it: Paris, Helen, Menelaus, Agamemnon, Priam, Achilles, Patroclus, Hector, Cassandra, Odysseus…and the wooden horse.

Patroclus joins battle wearing Achilles's golden armour. He meets Hector, the Trojans' superhero, and Patroclus is slain. Achilles returns to the battle to avenge his ...

It’s a Greek epic poem which discusses the last final weeks of the Trojan War and the main characters of this text are Achilles, Helen and Hector. The poem discusses the themes of war, wrath and ...