The Role of Women in the Iliad

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English

 

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Raymond R

 

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June 2, 2016

 

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The roots of the war can be traced back to the beauty contest between Athena , Aphrodite and Hera which Paris is chosen to judge. Each Goddess offers Paris a bribe in return for favoring them, but in the end Paris chooses Aphrodite’s gift of the most beautiful woman in the world ; Helen. Throughout the epic Helen is rarely mentioned yet her return is the reason the Greeks invade Troy...
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Christopher Marlowe described it best when he used these words that describe her impact on the Trojan war: “Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships / And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?” Helen is aware of the misery she has caused to the Trojans, evident in her conversation with Hector when she says : “ You are the one hit hardest by the fighting , Hector, / you more than all -and all for me, slut that I am , and this blind mad Paris”(VI:287-289)...
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