The Warrior Achilles

Blood-lust, cunning and Ferocious, That is Achilles. He is one of the best fighters Greece had ever had.He sacked many cities with his monstrous strength. A brave warrior indeed but even though some thinks he has no weaknesses, well I say he has. He showed grief and sadness for the loss of his prize, Briseis. He so loved the woman that he sulked in his tent while the battle rages on just to show Agamemnon that it is wrong to mess with Achilles.

Achilles succeeded in showing Agamemnon his fault. The battle then showed signs that with just a little push harder the Trojans would successfully win the battle and destroy the Achaean army. If that day didn’t end it would be the end of the voyage of the Achaeans. Luckily the sun did go down and Hector had no choice but to withdraw for the night.

Agamemnon then realized his fault and lowered his pride. He offered Achilles many gifts. He even willingly offered Briseis back. He swore on solemn oath that he did not touch Briseis. Even though the gifts that Agamemnon is tempting still Achilles resisted the offer. For me Achilles is not acting like a King anymore. He acts like selfish man who does not care for the welfare of his fellow comrades. He is like a robbed man that refused to receive the goods taken from him when the robber repented and returned what is not rightfully his. This arrogance of his will be the reason for the defeat of Achaeans from the Trojans. Such a dreadful fate the Achaeans have. It will turn out that the lives of those men, who died in that battle, will be wasted.If only Achilles helped, if only Agamemnon did not anger Achilles and if only the Gods did not intervene in the battle the tables should not turn around like what it did and Helen would be in Menelaus arms that would result to the end of the war.

Achilles is such a strong man but as they say brains beats brawns. No man who entered a forest would survive if he knows nothing of basic survival techniques. Wit is what Achilles lacks and that makes him just a normal warrior for me.