“The Iliad”: and Ideology

The Iliad this was written by Homer and set what was known as the Trojan War. This is an epic represented in several dactylitis. The book narrates the series of the events and battles that had been executed during those days of misunderstandings and quarrels between the Achilles warriors and King Agamemnon. from the story, it can be argued that it covered some few of weeks to the final days of the ongoing war. The Iliad has alluded to very legends of the Greece and about this siege. Together with Odyssey, another great epic that is still attributed to Homer. the authorship of this great work of literature has been attributed to Homer, a few individuals have always held that he did not write the books.

There have been some ideologies attributed to these great epics from the ancient world. In this paper, we will discuss the Iliad and Ideology. Human beings have been given the power to visionary theorizing. This brings us to the question of ideologies. An ideology will be defined as the systematic or body of concepts that tackle something like culture and human life. An ideology can be taken to be the manner or some form of thinking which characteristic to a given group, some culture, or an individual is. This may as well be taken for sociopolitical programs constituted by some integrated assertions held by a group of individuals and their theories. With Homeric novels and poems like our Iliad, there are very many revelations concerning ideological performances among the Greeks. This has been presented with several intelligentsia and understandings that may not be common with present day man. Because of this, it is true that the story depicts warfare tactics that had been planned with a few ideological techniques with profound knowledge so that victory would be realized in the very end. The Achilles shows his extraordinary fighting skills and his intelligence in the Book when he duels against Hector. Achilles manages to kill Hector “…like a high-flown eagle…” with a perfectly timed stab to “…where the collar-bones hold the neck from the shoulders, the throat, where death of the soul comes most swiftly; in this place brilliant Achilles drove the spear as he came on in fury, and clean through the soft part of the neck the spearpoint was driven” (Pgs 324-327).

This story can be agreed to have been given the three major effects that have been evident with the ancient Greek ways of life and mythologies. This included use of ideological concepts, commanders’ mindsets, and use of genius tactics. This kind of connection was seen to be the right thing that boosted their bravery from time to time and morale in war. The continued nature of this interrelationship, the story goes ahead to depict some form of ideological pederasty since the egalitarian interactions and relationships had been quite rare. This brings the issue of emotional connections between fellow men. With the Iliad, this is the case with Patroclus and Achilles.

There have been Historical, Political and Societal ideologies that were applied in the story in governing all the affairs with the humans in the story. With these mindsets, the people would be able to realize their missions and make sure they were not caught by their . In terms of politics, there were hierarchical systems in governance, which had to be sustained to ensure continuity in the empires. This gave the first child the mandate of becoming a great warrior and a king who would defend his territory on the sword. In order to do this, there was the issue of having powers from the gods so that they would win their battles and become great kings. Through the constitution of ideological frameworks, it was possible to come up with governing laws, decisions, views and societal relationships, which would ensure all people, would live in complete harmony with each other.

The main theme of the poem is that of war and peace, and the whole poem is essentially a description of war and fighting. There is a sense of horror and futility built into Homer's chronicle, and yet, posed against the viciousness, there is a sense of heroism and glory that adds a glamour to the fighting: Homer appears both to abhor war and to glorify it. Frequent similes tell of the peacetime efforts back home in Greece, and serve as contrasts to the war, reminding us of the human values that are destroyed by fighting, as well as what is worth fighting for.

This brings us to the understanding that there are the ideological perceptions held by the gods with which the people must live by and be sure that such a fate would come their way. This means that fate has been the key thing that has appeared to propel majority of the events in the Iliad storyline. Once a given fate has been decided between man and the gods, the next thing would be for the men and even the gods to abide and live by that fate. This would be done without offering even the slightest contest against the fate. This will hence be accepted as an ideological concept, which is being revealed to man by the gods. This is greatly opposed with modern day happening whereby no man can be sure of the next minute of life. Therefore, he Iliad depicts the continual speaking of the gods and men in reaching agreements on heroic activities and their outcomes.  

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