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1. iliad
BY: HOMER

2. HOMER
Homer is traditionally held to be the author of the ancient
Greek epic poems “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey”•, widely
thought to be the first extant works of Western literature.
He is considered by many to be the earliest and most
important of all the Greek writers, and the progenitor of
the whole Western literary tradition.
He was a poetic pioneer who stood at a pivotal point in
the evolution of Greek society from pre-literate to literate,
from a centuries old bardic tradition of oral verse to the
then new technique of alphabetic writing.

3. The Iliad
An epic poem which recounts some
of the significant events of the final
weeks of Trojan War and the Greek
siege of the city of Troy
also known as Ilion, Ilios or Ilium in
Ancient time.
Written in the mid-8th Century BCE,
“The Iliad”••is usually considered to
be the earliest work in the whole
Western literary tradition, and one
of the best known and loved stories
of all time.

4. The Poem consist of twenty four (24) scrolls containing
15,693 lines of dactylic hexameter verse.
The entire poem has a formal rhythm that is consistent
throughout
(making it easier to memorize)
and yet varied slightly from line to line
(preventing it from being monotonous).
Many phrases, sometimes whole passages, are repeated
verbatim over and over again throughout “The Iliad”•,
partly to fulfill the demands of the metre and partly as
part of the formulaic oral tradition.

5. The Iliad, an epic poem attributed to
Homer and the oldest extant piece of
European literature, is conventionally
divided into 24 books. Here you'll find
an approximately one-page summary
of each book, a description of the major
characters and sometimes places, and
an English translation

7. The Main Theme
 Is that of War and
Peace and the whole
poem is essentially a
description of War and
Fighting.
Concept of Heroism
 The honour that results from it, is
also one of the major currents
running the poem. Achilles
represents the heroic code.
 Menin or Menis (anger or wrath)
is the word that opens “the Iliad”
and one of the major themes of
the poem is Achilles coming to
terms with his anger and taking
responsibility for his actions and
emotion.

9. The Characters

10. The Characters

11. Introduction
In the introduction the reader is
illuminated to the ongoing epoch that is
the Trojan War which has been raging
already for ten (10) years.
Apollo input to plague on the Aegean
army after Agamemnon keeps one of his
priests daughters a surprise and this
dates back to the origins of the war
itself in which Paris the Prince of Troy
took Helen from King Menelaus, The Greek
army the Acheans are closing in on Troy
warriors the Trojans have refused to
back down and are determined to drive
off their invaders

12. Rising Action
During the rising action Agamemnon takes
Briseis from Achilles the mightiest of all warriors.
Zeus agrees to punish the
Acheans for Achilles who is refusing to fight
because of his pride and honour they've been
besmirched Mortals and Gods fight and are who
indeed and Devil Gods even take sides
sometimes switching back and forth. Gods
cannot die but when they are wounded they
have been returned to Zeus. Houseless mortals
do die in these battles which are brutal and
arduous. Zeus forbids the other Gods to
interfere in the war with Zeus's help.

13. Rising Action
Hector son of King Priam and brother Paras
break through to the Achaean ships hoping to
burn them. Patroclus, Achilles closest friend
tries to persuade his comrade to fight instead.
Achilles unable to get over his injured pride
gives Patroclus tells him to leave into battle
himself. Hector kills Patroclus and then takes
thearmor Achilles had given his fallen friend
and wears it around as a sign of disrespect.
Achilles learning his beloved friend has been
killed joins the battle,at last and the Gods
even return to fighting.

14. Climax
At the climax of the Iliad
Achilles chases and then kills Hector
in single combat in doing so he
resigns himself to a
faith of glory in exchange for life
itself he will soon die having revenge
for his friend.

15. Falling Action
Achilles rage is hardly sated he
essentially holds Hector's body
hostage and Priam Hector's father
went into him and begs Achilles
for his sons body so he can give it
a proper burial.
His humility strikes achord with
Achilles and he returns
Hector's body to his father.

16. Resolution
Hector is buried in Troy.
The characters in life and
death can now achieve
the honour of closure not
just a battle but through the
important ritual of burial.

17. Conclusion

18. Thank You
presented by:
Dianne Kristine C. Padua
BEED3A
(February 5, 2020)
(Masterpieces of Philippines Literature