tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097508687199514965.post4829625953658948102..comments2023-09-28T07:32:28.168-08:00Comments on Bill's Greek Mythology: TFBT: Correct Conversation in the IliadAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216523923707900157noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097508687199514965.post-41516699460270250292014-09-04T16:54:57.625-08:002014-09-04T16:54:57.625-08:00Maya,
Good call on Aeneas and Achilles. If you ge...Maya,<br />Good call on Aeneas and Achilles. If you get a minute our conversation from today is posted at Hour 25<br /><br />BillAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11216523923707900157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097508687199514965.post-28214402924265430182014-09-04T10:41:25.339-08:002014-09-04T10:41:25.339-08:00I would never think that a reason why Chryses was ...I would never think that a reason why Chryses was ordered out was his failure to use the proper formula for supplication! But after you explain it, this looks quite possible.<br />I would disagree, however, about the dialog between Achilles and Aeneas. Achilles starts it with insults (unlike Diomedes), claiming that Aeneas was fighting for Troy only because of power-craving, that Aeneas was weak, cowardly and stupid. I have no impression that Aeneas was disrespectful of Achilles' lineage. Except if calling Achilles "only son" was a hint of his mother being a serial child killer, but this detail of the story seems to be completely absent from Homeric epic. And though both heroes were descendants of Zeus, there were no episodes of friendship among their ancestors as between those of Diomedes and Glaucus; anyway, Achilles was on the field not to show himself noble, but to kill every Trojan in sight.<br />It was Apollo who, talking to Aeneas, was disrespectful of Achilles' lineage, calling Thetis a lower goddess. In my story, this attitude to her as a second-rate being is key to the plot, because it gives her motivation to save the rule of Zeus.Maya Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877457709995369246noreply@blogger.com