Myths 5 ♥♠

I read the myths of Troy, its fall, and the Illiad. It made me think alot about Social Studies last year where we studied these stories and I recalled a discussion that lasted a few clases to know if Homer was real and his story should be reliable. This I began thinking again and since we have been working with the thoughts of rhetoric arguments I can find both pros and cons to trust and distrust this story.

Using logic, the story has changed alot throughout the years and the authors that have re-told it may have changed it to fit their idea of troy making me think that maybe Homer was told this story and wrote it or you can see it as Homer living at the time and the writting being passed down to everyone being a very antique and historical text. But this also has its catch: translations aren't always exact and Homer might not even be a real person.

Using ethos, the story changes alot in the diferent versions of it and appeals to each "kind" of person. For example, there are very romantic versions of Paris and Helen for romantic people while there are very action versions of the story for those who like thrills but in the end my question is, what really happened?

And with pathos they make you feel a splash of emotions which are constantly changing like if the story was written by different people with different points of view.

In a short conclusion Troy was an empire, the prince stole the queen os Greece's heart, she eloped with him to Troy, her husband followed her and attacked the kingdom of Troy, Troy lost the battle because of Greece's trickery, Homer heard and saw it all and wrote it down.