What's the best companion to this book?
I want one which looks into the underlying themes
>>9053803
Nigga just use your brain
>>9053890
This lol
>>9053803
Doesn't the very first line explain the theme?
>>9054397
You expect too much from 4Chan.
>>9053803
Senpai there are no underlying themes it's just greeks fighting and bildungsroman with Achilles and blatant moral lessons (e.g. the whole Aphrodite with Ares thing isif you're a soldier do not fuck the smith's wife, you autistic fuck)(maybe that one's from the odyssey or the aeneid tho idk).
>>9054410
>(e.g. the whole Aphrodite with Ares thing isif you're a soldier do not fuck the smith's wife, you autistic fuck)
holy shit
>>9054397
This.
The Iliad and Odyssey exalt the nobility of Honor.
The very first word of the Iliad is “RAGE.” The “RAGE” of Achilles when his honor is violated and his rightful prize and love is taken from him by his very own commander.
Right here we see Man versus State, as Achilles is the superior warrior, and as he takes all the risks, he ought get the reward. That is the Natural Law of Zeus, for after Achilles Natural Rights are violated and Achilles quits, Zeus sees to it that the Greeks begin to lose, as Zeus’s will was done.
Long before Atlas Shrugged in Rand’s cheap novel, Achilles quit the Greek army.
Homer shows that women who honor their commitments, like Penelope, lead to happy endings. Women who disregard their commitments, like Helen, lead to War.
Achilles quits for the sake of Honor, refuses to return when offered millions times more prizes, arguing that once honor is taken away, mere money/prizes cannot buy it back. He also reasons that all the wealth in the world is not worth him losing his life in an arena where his honor was taken away. When offered honors and awards, Achilles states, “I receive my honor from Zeus, not from corrupt Kings."
And too Achilles returns to fight for Honor, so as to avenge the death of his friend Patroculus, knowing full well he will die.
Simply put, Achilles is a man who lives and dies not for mere prizes, nor perks, nor tenure, nor titles, nor money, but for honor, and honor alone.
>>9053803
The Teaching Company's lecture on the Iliad by Vandiver.