Ex figure-skater Tonya Harding has used the 20th anniversary of the infamous attack on her sporting rival Nancy Kerrigan to complain that she became a victim of the assault too - ruining her chances of Olympic gold and her life.
The gods are of a definite importance, but it is the heroes that really make the poem. The heroes of the Iliad live in a world influenced by shame culture; they are not driven to action by guilt or morals, but by the need for honour in the eyes of other men.owever, one thing that does stand out about the Iliad is that, unlike in the Odyssey, there is a distinct lack of bards represented within the poem. In fact the only time that we see any kind of song performed is not by a bard at all, but by Achilles.
strongest human being in the poem. Homer contrasts the great strength of Telemachus to the god-like strength of Odysseus when they both attempt to string the great bow of Odysseus, with quite different results. Telemachus is the first one to step up to the challenge and even after mustering all of his strength, he could not get the loop of the bowstring over the bow staff. âThree times he put his back into it and sprang it, / three times he had to slack off (XXI.143-144).