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

Literature and History

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Aeneas: A Roman War Story

Aeneas shows up, notices a guy on the opposite side, needs to be taken down and gets his archer friend to help. Aeneas' archer friend takes a spear to the face and Aeneas himself suffers from a broken pelvis. It sounds more like Aeneas belongs in a nursing home than a later epic of world literature. We'll see Aeneas again on with the show.

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