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Homer's Iliad, Books 1 and 2 | The New Thinkery Ep. 92

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Achilles, I Wish I Could Compete, but I Can't

I was wrong about the s wrong about the number of ships ist, just that he has last than agamemnon. And achilles does actually get a chance to rule at one point, which is in the funeral games of patrocles. The competition is decidedly of a lower level than the question of who should rule. Otherwise it's a constant war between ruler and wold.

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