The Iliad
In Our Time
Greeks Are Rivalrous, but They're Very, Very Bad at Cooperating
Mckenna withdraws his, his his muscle ray, retires to his tent, which is a ship, and refuses to fight until reparation is made. So we have the grief, much the can get them in lots of tripods,. But i just think it's a different thing with patroclus than that. It's about one kind of anger and grief being replaced by something bigger and worse. Berevement is worse than being insulted. I mean, the language they use to each other is worse than anything you tend to hear on the battle field against the other side. Greeks are brilliant, but they're very, very bad at cooperating.
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