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#1- Intellectual Linear Progression talks Homer's "The Iliad"

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Thetis Is the Mother of Achilles

Thetis is the mother of achilles. Rachesaa nymph and a a, yes. In fegel's translation, which is what we read from the first sentence, e, it's not clear who's mad. Maybe everybody is, right? So in that translation, i can't read this in the greek,. again, i mst the lament, the the anger does not rage. That's too hot. Probably for 19 teen, whenever butler, wheneverbutler translated it, but in his translation, it's clearly the goddess anger or rage. And no matter which goddess we're talking about, and it could be a lot like athena's mad

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