What's the Difference between The Iliad the Book and Troy the Movie?
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Briseis comes from Lyrnessus, and is captured by the Aecheans before the siege of Troy. |
Briseis is a Trojan priestess and Hector's cousin, captured during the attack on Apollo's temple. |
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Agamemnon is inspired to attack Troy by a dream sent by the gods, who want to bring his army misery for taking Briseis away from Achilles. |
Agamemnon attacks Troy out of his own greed and ambition. Briseis is not taken away from Achilles until after the war has begun.
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Paris and Menelaus offer to duel each other and end the war before it begins. |
Achilles's myrmidons sack Apollo's temple before the rest of the Greek forces arrive, effectively starting the war. |
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The duel between Paris and Menelaus is interrupted by Aphrodite, who takes Paris back into the city walls. Menelaus survives the war and later appears in the Odyssey. |
Menelaus is about to kill Paris when Hector intervenes and kills Menelaus.
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Priam is led by Hermes to Achilles's tent to recover Hector's body. |
Priam claims he found the tent alone. |
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Briseis remains with Achilles until after his death. |
Briseis returns to Troy with Priam.
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Agamemnon survives the war and is later killed by his wife, Clytemnestra. |
Agamemnon is killed by Briseis during the sack of Troy. |
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Many of the Greek gods appear at several points to assist or hinder the Trojans and Aecheans. |
The only deity that appears is the goddess Thetis, warning Achilles that if he participates in the Trojan War he is doomed to die in it.
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Patroclus is Achilles' lover |
Patroclus is his cousin |