Fate and Glorified Death in Homer's IliadIn Homer's Iliad, discussions of fate are frequent and influential. If only certain characters know what is in store for them, all recognize that their destiny is already mapped out. Despite the psychological and emotional effects that the accepted idea of ​​fate has had on the characters, they continue to engage in the bloody ten-year battle. Homer evokes this motivation in characters to continue to support the war despite little incentive, through the importance of glory and its relationship with destiny as the ultimate end rather than the governing force. This leads to the Iliad's own message of destiny being based on a warrior's form of death and legacy rather than a fixed way of life. The Iliad further poses the question of whether the actions of mortals seen throughout the text were voluntary or predetermined. While fate is treated by the gods as an unchanging power, it is spoken of ambiguously and gives the reader an open-ended view of fate, leaving the reader to decide whether the oft-referred to "will of Zeus" is the absolute truth for the gods. humans. These gods and goddesses seen in The Iliad are said to act on fate when evidence shows that their intervention causes an actual change in the character's free will. Thus, the gods become the direct cause of the demise of many warriors, an honorable and glorified death being very important. Leaving fate as something rather designed by the gods themselves. In Robert C. Solomon's article "On Fate and Fatalism", he refers to fate in literature as a means of granting meaning to the ending or overall resolution, as if no other possible reality could exist. are produced. More precisely, the Iliad shows the "will of Zeus" (...... middle of paper ......f glory "It is therefore with good reason that the Iliad speaks of death as coming "to good time »'” (Solomon 449) Just like Achilles chose to die young for glory and Hector knowing that the fight between Achilles and him was his time to fight for his honor In conclusion, Homer's Iliad shows. that the denial of destiny is something that is imposed by the gods and as an immutable path for humans to follow Even though most of the characters in the Iliad do not know what destiny has in store for them, they continue to fight. , longing for a glorified death, the type of honorable death reserved for them gives meaning to life and brings warriors like Achilles and Hector into history. The Iliad readily refers to destiny when it speaks of. the action that unfolds, however, those perfect circumstances that combine to create Homer's classic epic cannot give all the credit. just destiny.