A thorough examination of the banquet scene is also discussed. There is an inherent desire for men to thrust their outer manhood into their enemy's faces in order to assert their inner strength. No additional sources cited. A 5 page paper examining the degree of influence gods were considered to have over mortals in Homeric culture. The paper concludes that the Greeks believed that people really do not have much control over their own destinies at all, and thus transferred this control onto the gods.
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The significance of Achilles' shield, as it appears in Homer's Iliad is discussed in this 5 page paper. Applied Operations Mgt. Afflictions - Psych.