The Iliad, or the Poem of Force | Episode XXI
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The Idiod Wraps in Poetry
The whole of the iliad lies under the shadow of the greatest calamity the human race can experience, the destruction of a city. And homer brings that out so effectively. This wa ve says, whatever is not war, whatever war destroys or threatens, the iliads wraps in poetry. The realities of war never no reticence veils the step from life to death. Zeus has cursed men to experience this. They do not have a choice. It doesn't matter what you do. Within the limits of battle by fate, the gods determine with sovereign authority victory and defeat. War is their true business,. Their only motives are caprice and malice. I think er is just
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