Part one of term paper
“Surely there is no blame on the Trojans and the strong-greaved Achaians if for a long time they suffer hardship for a woman like this one (Homer, III, 156-157. Helen is the woman mentioned in this line. Although some say she is to be blamed for the Trojan War, Helen is but a minor character in The Iliad. There are but a few lines, with ...

Part two of term paper
... For example, in lines156-160 of Book III, she is ogled by the Trojan elders but in the same frame they wish her to be gone for the grief they feel she has wrought. This I feel was the general consensus in regards to Helen. However, through the eyes of Priam and Hektor we can see that Helen had some decency. Priam and Hektor appear to have a liking for Helen. In Book III, he calls out to Helen and asks her to sit next to him, and to tell him what she knows about the Achaians.He even states, “I ...