{"id":9094,"date":"2023-03-10T10:37:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T10:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/argue-that-achilles-is-either-right-or-wrong-in-his-decision-not-to-accept-the-gifts-from-agamemnon-and-reconcile-with-him-and-the-troops\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T10:37:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T10:37:06","slug":"argue-that-achilles-is-either-right-or-wrong-in-his-decision-not-to-accept-the-gifts-from-agamemnon-and-reconcile-with-him-and-the-troops","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/argue-that-achilles-is-either-right-or-wrong-in-his-decision-not-to-accept-the-gifts-from-agamemnon-and-reconcile-with-him-and-the-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"argue that Achilles is either right or wrong in his decision not to accept the gifts from Agamemnon and reconcile with him and the troops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\\\"color: var(--color-1); font-variant-caps: inherit;\\\">answer this topic in 1000 &#8211; 1200 words<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\\\"color: var(--color-1); font-variant-caps: inherit;\\\">THE ONE SOURCE REQUIRED IS THE BOOK ATTACHED&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\\\"color: var(--color-1); font-variant-caps: inherit;\\\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\\\"color: var(--color-1); font-variant-caps: inherit;\\\">argue that Achilles is either right or wrong in his decision not to accept the gifts from Agamemnon and reconcile with him and the troops (see Book 9, the Embassy to Achilles for details attached below). Take one side or the other and support your assertion of Achilles\u2019 rightness or wrongness with evidence from the text. Remember, your thesis and your evidence are based on what the characters in the text say and do and NOT on your personal opinion about Achilles\u2019 choice.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Prompts (include 3 or more of the following below) *ANSWER THOUROUGHLY*:<\/li>\n<li>What do each of the three ambassadors (Odysseus, Phoenix, Ajax) appeal to in an attempt to persuade Achilles to reconcile? Achilles\u2019 response to each?<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;What about that part of Agamemnon\u2019s speech that Odysseus leaves out when he relates Agamemnon\u2019s offer to Achilles? How does this factor into your argument?<\/li>\n<li>What of Ajax\u2019 argument that even someone who has lost a relative must ultimately accept some form of compensation (end of the embassy in Book 9)? Is that a fair argument?<\/li>\n<li>What are Achilles\u2019 duties\/responsibilities in regard to these close friends, to the army, to Agamemnon?<\/li>\n<li>What of Diomedes\u2019 complaint about Achilles after Odysseus relates the embassy\u2019s failure (end of Book 9)? Is his criticism fair? Does he understand Achilles\u2019 position?<\/li>\n<li>What of Chryses\u2019 attempt (in Book 1) to win back his daughter from Agamemnon? Does this incident and its ultimate results set up a pattern for us by which we can judge Achilles now?<\/li>\n<li>Do Achilles\u2019 later statements (esp. beginning of Book 18) about regretting his decision to stay out of the fighting and sending Patroclus in his stead affect your position on Achilles\u2019 rejection of Agamemnon\u2019s offer in Book 9?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220; answer this topic in 1000 &#8211; 1200 words THE ONE SOURCE REQUIRED IS THE BOOK ATTACHED&nbsp; argue that Achilles is either right or wrong in his decision not to accept the gifts from Agamemnon and reconcile with him and the troops (see Book 9, the Embassy to Achilles for details attached below). Take one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[524],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/9094"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/9094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=9094"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=9094"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=9094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}