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.
Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege; the earlier events, such as the gathering of warriors for the siege, the cause of the war, and related concerns tend to appear near the beginning.enetus A, copied in the 10th century AD, is the oldest fully extant manuscript of the Iliad. The first edition of the Iliad, editio princeps, by Demetrius Chalcondyles was printed in Florence in 1488.