
The Iliad – After Dark
Myth of the 20th Century
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What's the Most Relatable Thing About Warfare?
The iliad is one of the windows that we have into the ancient world. It's a very, well, this very clear window. We can see parts of ourselves in it easily. The gods and the supernatural exist. They're taken as fact fact. Or us supposed to sort of noddingly approve that they're not major characters. But the events are very real. Theyre very realistic. And i think thaa lot comes from making sort of a moral judgments about the technological nature of warfare.
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