A point or two about Achilles

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These Are The Outer Walls Of The City That

we suspect is the one that the Achaeans besieged, and they have these strange little offsets in them, and according to Homer,, Patroclus three times tried to climb these walls, but three times was thrown down. They look climbable today; they would have been smoother. But it’s feasible to see him doing this. And. The slope is quite quite characteristic of this wall.

Again, Its Interesting That These Sloping

walls appear in the Iliad, so it’s yet another clue that we’re in the right place.. I was going to talk to you about the sense of duty to fight. The Iliad is largely about people trying to persuade Achilles, the greatest of the Achaeans, to fight. And he keeps saying, UK I don’t want to do it.

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They try every trick in the book to get him to fight; they offer him tremendous bribes. At no point, though–you can read the Iliad and check–at no point does anyone ever appeal to his sense of duty. . Now, you would imagine that in a modern war, that’s the first trick people would try.

Uk You Have A Duty To

fight. You’ve taken the oath,” or whatever it is. UK of your country. ” UK of your king. ” At No point does anyone ever mention this to Achilles.

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And I Think Thats Because He Had

no duty to fight. That just wasn’t part of his culture. . He was here for the booty. .

He Was Achilles, Sacker Of Cities.

. He wanted to capture women and gold and sail home. A big hero. And.

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. He was in it, In it, really, for himself and his men following him were hoping that with a good leader like him, they’d get lots of booty, because they they’d all be entitled to a share. They had no sense of duty because there was no duty; they weren’t sent here by their country.

They Werent Fighting On Behalf Of The

people at home, their homes weren’t threatened. There was no duty to fight. in the Hollywood Blockbuster Troy, starring Brad Pitt as Achilles, our hero leaps from the wooden horse to rescue Briseis in the nick of time, Whilst Troy is being sacked. .

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I Have A Number Of Problems

with this. UK. All the legends agree that Achilles was dead before the wooden horse was ever built. .

Uk Briseis Wasnt A Princess Of

Troy, She was captured in an entirely different city on the way to Troy. But three–and And this is the biggie for me–That Achilles might go out of his way to capture or rape a woman, that’s quite believable. But that he would risk all to save the life of a woman. He’d only met a couple of days before Hmm, How can I put this On UK UK?

Summary

The Iliad is largely about people trying to persuade Achilles, the greatest of the Achaeans, to fight . He keeps saying, UK I don’t want to do it.& At no point does anyone ever appeal to his sense of duty. That just wasn’t part of his culture. He was here for the booty. He wanted to capture women and gold and sail home. And he was in it, In it, really, for himself and his men following him were hoping that with a good leader like him, they’d get lots of booty, because they they’d all be entitled to a share of it . The slope of the walls of the city is quite characteristic of this wall. It’s interesting that these sloping walls appear in the IliAD. They look climbable today; they would have been smoother. But it’s feasible to see him doing this.& The slope is quite quite quite characteristic, and it’s yet another clue that we’re in the right…. Click here to read more and watch the full video