The war that killed Achilles
Motiv
War in literature
Homer
Trojan War
Mythology, Greek
Krieg
Literature and the war
New York Times reviewed
Many have forgotten that the subject of the "Illiad" was war--not merely the poetical romance of the war at Troy, but war, in all its enduring devastation. This groundbreaking reading of Homer's epic poem restores the poet's vision of the tragedy of war, addressing many of the central questions that…
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