The Iliad: Homer's Views of Life and Death through Achilles and Hector The Iliad takes place in 1200 B.C. on the North West coast of present day Turkey. Homer of Greece put the epic on paper for the first time in the ninth century. From that moment on the Iliad and Achilles would be known around the ancient and present day world as the epic of the warrior. People referred to Achilles for centuries as …showed first 75 words of 1070 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1070 total…slaying the strongest man in the Trojan army. After the epic has ended Achilles is killed by an arrow in the back of the ankle, the "Achilles tendon". Achilles' fate was fulfilled and is still remembered till today as a great warrior. Homer's depiction of life and death is to live your life to its full glory and to live life to it's full extent as Achilles, hector, Alexander the Great and Ajax all presented.