Major Conflict: Agamemnon’s demand for Achilles’ war prize, the maiden Briseis, wounds Achilles’ pride Achilles’ consequent refusal to fight causes the Achaeans to suffer greatly in their battle against the Trojans. SetiIng (place): Troy (a city in what is now northwestern Turkey) and its immediate environs Setting (time): Bronze Age (around the twelfth or thirteenth century B.C.) the Iliad begins nine years after the start of the Trojan War Tone: Awe-inspired, ironic, lamenting, pitying An omniscient narrator (he has access to every character’s mind), he frequently gives insight into the thoughts and feelings of even minor characters, gods and mortals alike. Point of View: The narrator speaks in the third person. Narrator: The poet, who declares himself to be the medium through which one or many of the Muses speak Time and Place Written: Unknown, but probably mainland Greece, around 750 B.C.
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