Telemachos and Achilles

Michael Daley, Jonah Auslander, Peyton Spilsbury, and Max Schuler

Target

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Compare, Connect, and Contrast Achilles, the hero in The Iliad, and Telemachos, the hero in The Odyssey

Would Achilles and Telemachos be modern heros?

The Call

Telemachos- Athena comes to Telemachos

Achilles- Helen gets captured, Agamemnon wants his assistance in Troy

Preparation

Telemachos- food, talking to Nanny

Achilles- Does not prepare until he’s at battle

Allies

Telemachos- Athena, King Nestor, King Menelaos, Pisipertes, his crew

Achilles- Athena, Greek Army,

Guardians of the Threshold

Telemachos- The Suitors trying to stop him from leaving

Achilles- Achilles’ mind

Crossing the Threshold

Telemachos- Sailing to Sandy Pylos

Achilles- He returns to battle after the death of Patroclus

Road of Trials

Telemachos- Traveling to Pylos, Traveling to Sparta

Achilles- Killing Trojan Soldiers, Chasing Hector, Fighting Hector

The Modern Hero

Superman

•YES

•Puts himself first

•Helps the people out of sense of duty

Are They Modern Hero’sAchilles

•NO

•Selfish

•Personal problems before army

•Complains

Telemachos

•Too early to tell