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Running head : ILIAD AND MEDEA

Pride Through Personal Honor in Homer 's Iliad and Euripides ' Medea

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Pride Through Personal Honor in Homer 's Iliad and Euripides ' Medea

Pride is known to be a double-edged concept , it could be either good or bad for us . The former is something that one should uphold , while the former is just a glorified form of stubbornness . There are people who should take pride in the way they are living , and there are people who should swallow their pride . Although

pride is a common term , it has remained an abstraction and definitions seem to lack full grasp of the concept . Fortunately , humanity was endowed with the gift of mythology Mythologies are fabled to posses the capability to tell us about our humanity . The texts at hand , Homer 's Iliad ' and Euripides ' Medea both have protagonists oozing with pride . And since they are considered heroes , they are expected to step-up a notch from the average . Both the protagonist of Iliad and Medea had exemplified pride in its most highest form , personal honor

Both the plots of Iliad and Medea centers on the theme of pride Moreover , both epics have protagonists that prioritizes personal honor Achilles is probably the greatest warrior known in literary history . It shows in his characterization that he savors his gained reputation , he takes pride in it . One of the most rousing points of Iliad was when Achilles realizes the immense glory that he would gain if he would...