Irony in Iliad

Irony Examples in Iliad:

Book XVIII

"Surely Jove has granted you the prayer you made him..." See in text (Book XVIII)

This passage highlights the irony in Achilles's struggle. He is devastated over the death of Patroclus, but he himself prayed that the Achaeans would suffer without his participation. His prayer has been granted, but not in the way he’d expected or hoped.

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Book XXII

"Even though he escape the horrors of this woeful war with the Achaeans, yet shall his life henceforth be one of labour and sorrow..." See in text (Book XXII)

Astyanax will actually die shortly after Troy falls, which makes this statement by Andromache a sadly ironic one.

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