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How does Homer portray war in the Iliad? (Based on the books read so far) Homer starts the Iliad by describing the result of Achilles' anger; 'the anger of Peleus' son Achilles and its devastation, which puts pains thousandfold upon the Achaians, hurled in their multitudes to the house of Hades'. Homer is describing all the pain felt by the Achaians and the deaths, of thousands of men in the war. Homer appears to be portraying the war negatively (even if it is a result of Achilles' anger), mentioning the 'pain' and men going to the 'house of Hades' in their thousands, which is all negative imagery. Homer then goes on to mention that these men 'gave their bodies to the delicate feasting of dogs, of all birds'. This is a very negative portrayal of war, as Homer is saying in layman's terms, that when these men were killed, dogs...

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