The Iliad and the Odyssey Are About a Crisis of Reciprocity

The Iliad and the Odyssey are about what I call a crisis of reciprocity in which the old economic system is broken down. Achilles says in effect it's too late I hate your gifts Echthrotimoi tasadora your gifts are hateful to me that is devastating. It's precisely in the context incidentally of rejecting the gifts that Achilles talks about his own bsukhe. There's a lot there to chew over I think we're going to have to leave it for this episode thank you very much for listeningWe've learned a few things about where the soul came from in the West and until next time stay esoteric.