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Summary. The first book opens with the narrator telling us how he aims to impart the tragic story of Troilus, who is the son of King Priam of Troy.
Book 1, Lines 57-546 Summary The poem begins by recounting how the city of Troy was besieged by the Greek army after the Trojan prince Paris abducted Helen. A skilled astronomer named Calkas (also spelled “Calchas”) discovers through his astrological calculation that Troy will fall to the Greeks.
Summary. The narrator opens Book 1 by invoking the inspiration of the Greek Fury Tisiphone. Tisiphone is one of the goddesses of vengeance and chaos whom the ancient Greeks often called upon to avenge crimes and betrayals.
Summary. The poet invokes a muse to aid him in telling the story of the rage of Achilles, the greatest Greek hero to fight in the Trojan War. The narrative begins nine years after the start of the war, as the Achaeans sack a Trojan-allied town and capture two beautiful maidens, Chryseis and Briseis.
Summary: Book 1. In The Republic, Plato, speaking through his teacher Socrates, sets out to answer two questions: What is justice? and Why should we be just? Book 1 sets up these challenges. The interlocutors engage in a Socratic dialogue similar to that found in Plato’s earlier works.
Thrasymachus, unwillingly quiet, interrupts, loudly. He says instead of asking foolish questions and refuting each answer, Socrates should tell them what he thinks justice is. Thrasymachus offers to define justice if they will pay him. Since Socrates has no money, the others pay his share.
Summary. Analysis. As the clocks strike thirteen on a day in April, Winston Smith, a low-ranking member of the Outer Party, climbs the stairs to his flat in Victory Mansions.
