In this scene in particularly Achilles is enraged at the fact that Agamemnon wants to take his prize, when he satisfactorily worked to this reward. This also relates to human ideas in terms of what is expected as correct behavior. In this specific scene Agamemnon (even if the King) decides to act rashly and incorrectly against one of the highest ranking official in the Greek army. Agamemnon attempts to take what is rightfully Achilles and this is looked down upon by the entire Greeks. So, there is in fact an expectative when it comes to conduct even for the King.
In the movie ‘Clash of the Titans’, we are shown that if a god sees fit, he or she can punish humanity for a choice that it makes that goes against the interests of Olympus. Hence, the freedom of mankind is put into question, due to the controlling nature of the gods. However, for there to be punishment, there must be an element of choice to even commit a crime against the divinities. The decision to go against the gods is still an option, regardless of the consequence that may entail. The ancient Greek gods were known for there might, however their might was often not related with kindness, but rage.
The Romans also substituted Orcus and Tartarus as synonymous to Pluto. Although he was an Olympian, he spent most of the time in his dark castle in the Underworld. This Lord of Hell, who was formidable in battle, proved his ferociousness in the famous battle of the Olympians versus the Titans, which established the rule of Zeus. Because of his dark and morbid personality he was not especially liked by neither the gods nor the mortals. His character is described as "fierce and inexorable", and by far of all the gods he was most hated by mortals.
Limited resources, population growth and to some extent, differing ideologies that originated from the polis states conflicting economic and socio-political concepts are elements of necessity that continuously influenced the war culture of the ancient Greek worlds. Three basic elements define war; ‘violence, legitimacy and legality’. Nieberg states that ‘all wars are violent’ and are founded on the supposition that force is required to attain a preferred goal; at times lethal force is applied. As such, war must be validated. In the antiquity of Greece war was a fundamental concept to socio-political
Achilles's rage: Portrayed Through Painting and Story The Iliad by Homer depicts a story of Achilles, an enraged Demigod who is pronounced the greatest warrior of all time and a hero to many. A vase painting depicts the savagery and brutality of Achilles's rage and springs from a story in the Iliad when King Priam's eldest son Hector mistakenly killed Patroclus. Achilles's brother in arms and dear friend Patroclus had foolishly worn Achilles's armor and led his Mymidon army into battle. Hector, thinking Patroclus was Achilles, killed Patroclus only to soon discover that he made a grave mistake that would cost him dearly. The vase painting depicts the charged scene from the Illiad in the moments after an enraged Achilles sought revenge and killed Hector.
The main reason that people were demoted to inferiors was because they were cowardly in battle. This could be seen as cruel to be made an inferior because they were cowardly but it was like this because the Spartans wanted to be the greatest state in the known world and it could only do this by having the best armies, so it had not time for the cowards. The Gerousia also made a law that meant that they raged war on the helot. This was cruel but effective. The helots outnumbered the Spartans more than 10 to 1 so the Spartans had to be cruel to stop them uprising.
They didn’t like all the vicissitude that Caesar was endeavoring to make to their country. They considered Caesar’s power as a disregard and disrespect to authority, tradition, and Roman rules. Caesar had many occasions to challenge Roman commanders and many of their opponents, which lead to many civil wars. But his decision to cross Rubicon was against the Roman law. Julius Caesar’s zeal and overconfidence that he became invincible in both Rome and battle, because his soldiers resected and doted him; he mentally conceived that he could pursue whatever he wanted.
At first glance it seems unreasonable to distinguish between just and unjust wars because we may think that all war is unjust in itself. However, there are many thinkers such as Kant, Hegel, Walzer, Heller, Pufendorf, Kelsen, among others, who have tried to legitimize or delegitimize certain armed conflicts. Some thinkers tried to defend the justice of war by believing that when legitimate defense is at stake armed conflict can be considered as fair. Others condemned war as unjust when the only purpose behind it was to conquer or attack the enemy. For both cases, there is a right that we have to take into account, the right of all individuals to preserve their own life.
In the very beginning of the epic, Homer immediately places the blame for Achilleus’ anger against Agamemnon on Apollo, Zeus’ son who strikes from afar: “What god was it then set them together in bitter collision? Zeus’ son and Leto’s, Apollo…” (I.8-9). At the same time, the blame could’ve been placed upon many others, such as the Achaians, for sacking a town allied with Troy, Chryse, Agamemnon and Achilleus both, for taking Chryseis and Briseis, respectively, Agamemnon himself, for not accepting Chryses’ enormous ransom to get his daughter, Chryseis, back, or maybe even Chryses, for praying to Apollo to send a plague unto the
The story goes on to tell about how the gods toy around with the humans, and take sides over each other that other gods may not like. This intervention by gods is a frequent occurrence in both works. The gods occasionally have wars between themselves too, such as when Zeus helps the Trojans in the war against the Greeks, after an appeal to him by Thetis, Achilles’ mother. Zeus’s wife, Hera is loyal to the Greeks, and the two of them have a little fight. The battle between gods is also apparent in the Odyssey when Zeus sends Hermes to rescue Odysseys from the island of Calypso.