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Structural Levels of The Iliad
Wars are often very complex in nature and are fought for many diverse
reasons. The school boy may fight in order to get money for college, the
patriot may fight to bring life, liberty and justice to some poor soul, and a
coward may fight because he was drafted by force. In the Iliad, powerful gods,
great nations, and heroic people all fight for many different reasons. This
wide variety of fighting res ....
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.... Aphrodite, in the universal war, set the stage for the social
war of the Greeks and Trojans. Another time the gods influenced the social war
was when the Greeks and Trojans had a one on one battle to decide the outcome of
the war. The Greeks chose King Menelaus and the Trojans chose Paris. Menelaus
and Paris fought, but when Paris was about to be killed he was whisked off by
Aphrodite. Both sides agreed that the Greeks had won. Zeus decided to start
the war ....
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