The Iliad The way Homer wrote this text is similar to warfare today, especially the feelings. There are some differences though. At the end of the passage, Homer wrote “War is men’s business; and this war is the business of everyone in Ilium, myself above all.” That is stating that only men fight in wars. Today there are many women fighting in wars. The feelings are very similar. Before Hector left he said a …showed first 75 words of 306 total…

…showed last 75 words of 306 total…expecting death, but after he saw his wife’s feelings he sounded confident in saying, “No one is going to send me down to Hades before my proper time. But fate is a thing that no man born of woman, coward or hero can, can escape.” In that excerpt, he is saying that no one is going to kill him before his time is up, but he has to die sometime and cannot escape that.