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Episode 9: Glittering Bronze Men (Homer's Iliad, Books 1-8)

Literature and History

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The Champion of the Trojans, Agamemnon, and Athena

King Agamemnon said he would take Achilles' beloved culcubine turned wife, a girl named Brisius, to be his own. Hearing this, Achilles considered drawing his sword and killing the king on the spot. A Greek wise man named Nestor intervened: There was no honor in breaking with the powerful Agamem Non. The champion of the Trojans still stalked the halls and ram parts of Troy.

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