TFBT: Randnom Notes from 4.CB22.1x

 

Iliad 17: 426 “The horses (Achilles) stood out of the fight and wept when they heard that their driver had been laid low by the hand of manslaughtering Hector. … they would neither go back to the ships by the waters of the broad Hellespont, nor yet into battle among the Achaeans; they stood with their chariot stock still as a pillar set over the tomb of some dead man  or woman and bowed their heads to the ground. Hot tears fell from their eyes as they mourned the loss of their charioteer (Patroclus)”  Just something beautiful to share.

Iliad17:119. Ajax knew the hand of the gods in this,

2CB22.1, Class-mate mateuszkulesza  says “While both Meleagros and Achilles share lots of similarities, the circumstances of each hero's actions make a decisive difference in how the story would be interpreted. Achilles, insulted by Agamemnon, chooses not to fight on the offensive. Meleaos, however, choses not to help DEFEND his people from the attackers. It is this distinction that, in my mind, justifies the actions of Achilles but makes those of Meleagros shameful. Agamemnon had to power to save the lives of all his men by simply going home. The attack of Meleagros' city, however, could not have been ended by a simple retreat. Meleagros, therefore, had the DUTY of absorbing his pride and taking action, Achilles only had that as an OPTION.”

 Lots of talk in CB22.1 of Achilles as a sprout in and orchard.  So check out; Lycophron, Alexandra 856 ff (trans. Mair) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.) from http://www.theoi.com:"The recesses of Lakinion (Lacinium) [in Italia] wherein a heifer [Thetis] shall fashion an orchard for the goddess Hoplosmia [Hera], furnished with trees. And it shall be for all time an ordinance for women of the land to mourn the nine-cubit hero [Akhilleus, Achilles], third in descent from Aiakos (Aeacus) [grandfather of Akhilleus] and Doris [Thetis' mother], the hurricane of battle strife, and not to deck their radiant limbs with gold, nor array them in fine-spun robes stained with purple - because a goddess [Thetis] to a goddess [Hera] presents that great spur of land [Lakinion] to be her dwelling-place."

 Iliad 17: 570 “for one of the best men among the Myrmidons was killed, radiant Epeigeus, son of noble Agakles who had once upon a time been king in the good city of Boudeion; but presently, having killed a valiant kinsman of his own, he took refuge with Peleus and silver-footed Thetis”  This is like the third of Achilles comrades who were killer of kinsmen.