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Greek mythology is made from myths, legends, gods and heroes that the ancient Greeks centered
their lives around. There are twelve gods, known as the Olympians, who were present in all
spheres of life. They provide explanations for the unexplainable events such as why things are
the way they are and how they came to be. The gods influence the lives of mortals. They might
help them when they are in trouble and offer them guidance about the future but they also
determine the mental will of mortals: who will live and who will die. The intervention of the
gods in human life is also present in Homers epic the Iliad, where the gods play a significant
role in the lives of the character and the events of the Greek-Trojan War. The gods were divided
into two camps and each picked who they were going to favour for different reasons. Apollo who
plays an influential role in the Greek-Trojan war is a constant supporter of the Trojans. He
intervenes or doesnt intervene on the bases of their own selfserving motives. Apollo is very
complex deity. As a god of shepherds he was associated with music and was a protector of the
flocks, he was also god of medicine and replaced Helios and Imperion as the god of the son he is
also called Phoebus an epithet that means bright. Apollos intricate behaviour is seen throughout
the Iliad and it is expressed as a duality, at times he is expressing his powerful wrath and
destructive force and at others he is stating his healing powers and desire for order.
Pandaros to whom he gives his bow.
Greek-Trojan War. Apollo is the most important divine supporter of the Trojans.
Willcock tells us, "He is the archer god who strikes from afar, the god of
disease and healing" (4). Apollo's first intervention occurs after Agamemnon
had taken Apollo's priest daughter as a war prize. Apollo sends a nine day
pestilence upon the Greeks. "Pack animals were his first target, and dogs, /
but soldiers, too, soon felt transfixing pain from his hard shots and pyres
burned night and day" (Iliad I. 23-24). Apollo also intervenes in the Greek-
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Trojan War to assist the human characters. One of the warriors Apollo assists
is Pandaros. In fact, Apollo is the one who gave Pandaros his bow after he
broke the truce with Menelaos by shooting an arrow at him. But, this passage
does not truly refer to the actual action of Apollo handing Pandaros his bow,
but rather that, as Seth Schein believes, "Pandaros was a specifically good
archer" (57). Because he is a good archer, it is believed that Pandaros is
blessed by the god of archery. Impartial ___> neutal
Agenor, Hektor's half brother, is another Trojan warrior that Apollo
aids. Agenor is debating on whether or not to run into the city of Troy to save
the Trojan people, because if he does he probably will be caught and killed by
Achilles. Finally, he decides to run into the city and stand and face Achilles.
He hit Achilles with a spear cast, and Achilles begins to fight back. But,
before Achilles could do anything, Apollo intervenes by taking the form of
Agenor, and removing him from the battle. Then, runs away to lure Achilles
apart from the rest of the Trojans. Mark Edwards believes "Because of Apollo's
intervention, both Agenor and the Trojans are saved from Achilles' wrath
One view of the gods' seemingly constant intervention in the war was that they were just setting
fate back on the right course. For instance, when Patroklos was killed outside of Troy, Apollo
felt no guilt for his doings. As a god, he was just setting fate on a straight line. Achilles laid
blame on Hektor and the Trojans. He did not even consider accusing Apollo, who never came
into question, although he was primarily responsible for the kill. Apollo's part in the matter was
merely accepted as a natural disaster, or illness, would be today.
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In the Iliad, it is Apollo who intervenes to check the hubristic onslaughts of the Greek
warriors[16]; and in the theomachy thatZeusstages for his own entertainment,
Apollo refuses to join in the frivolous fighting[17]. "Under his most important and
influential aspect may be included everything that connects him with law and
order"[18]
Apollo tries his best to make his father
is furious with Agamemnons refusal to ransom Chryseis, Apollo expresses his wrath ing by
sending the plague to the Greeks for nine days. The Apollo
Behet I ashper kur nuk pranohet epersia e tij
Apollos intricate behaviour is seen throughout the Iliad and it is expressed as a duality, at times
he is expressing his powerful wrath and destructive force and at others he is stating his healing
powers and desire for order.
They provide explanations for the unexplainable events such as why things are the way they
are and how they came to be. The intervention of the gods in human life is also present in
Homers epic the Iliad, where the gods play a significant role in the lives of the character and the
events of the Greek-Trojan War.
As it evolves
Apollos wrath
Apollo is the first god to make an appearance in the Iliad and we get a look at the anger that he
feels and as well as the great consequences of it. The actions of Apollo have destructive force, it
holds off the greek from the Trojans.
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Destructive force
Desire for order
Apollo respected Zeus and his enforcing of the laws of fate, however, and kept fate as it was
deemed to
Represents order He represents order, harmony, and civilization in a way that most other
Olympian deities cannot quite equal
Apollo is rational, he respected zeus and
be. An example of this is when Achilles' servant, Patroclus, tries to take the
city of Troy. Before Patroclus was allowed to wear Achilles' armor into battle,
he promised only to drive the Trojans away from the ships and not to take an
Offensive against the city of Troy. Only the reflection of Patroclus by Apollo's
shield three times prevents this. This lack of moderation shown by Patroclus,
as well as the deeming of death before the end of battle by fate, granted by
Zeus, leads to his death (Iliad, Book XVI, 398).
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To conclude the Trojan War is the most famous of all Greek conflicts, and the Iliad perhaps the
most famous literary work from ancient Greece. The epic of the Trojan War depicts the dark
complexity of Greek mythology. The strength of so many of the myths is their depth of character
and complex morality. They are not simple fairy tales of good against evil; they show conflicted
characters with both good and bad qualities, ambiguity, and the roughness of life.
Apollo as a god represent a higher standard of justice and honour, as when he refuses to allow
Hectors body to remain unburied, yet at the same time he shows the same bloodthirstiness and
blind favouritism as the warriors on the battlefield.
shpeton jeten e eneas
revered
Apollo successfully defends Aineias from Diomedes's attacks, and issues the Achaian warrior a
stern warning not to mess with the gods.
The king of the gods says he would have banished Ares long agohe just has a soft spot for his
son. He calls Apollo to come heal Ares's wounds