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Monday, February 8, 2010

Does Agamemnon add a proviso (Bk. 3, p. 120) to the deal between Alexandros & Menelaos?

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Labels: Homer, Iliad

Why is Helen upset at Aphrodite (Bk. 3, pp. 124-5)? What does it mean that she recognizes the goddess?

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Labels: Homer, Iliad

Why are we told that Akhilleus has a choice between two destinies (Bk. 9, p. 183)?

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Labels: Homer, Iliad

Why is Akhilleus victorious over Hektor?

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Labels: Homer, Iliad

Does our selection concentrate too much on battle scenes?

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Labels: Homer, Iliad

Is anything in The Iliad true?

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Labels: Homer, Iliad

Did you find Fitzgerald's unconventional spellings (Akhilleus, Hektor, et al.) distracting?

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Labels: Homer, Iliad
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