Episode 10: Homer's Gods (Homer's Iliad, Books 9-16)
Literature and History
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The Iliad Book 11 - Agamemnon's Day of Glory
The Iliad Book 11 – Agamemnon's Day of Glory. Homer heaps the gore and screams and severed limbs on thick. Spears exploded through heads splashing brains into helmets, swords tore off ears and pierced chests. everywhere Homeric similes compare the men on the battlefield to wild beasts again and again lions slaughtering powerless prey.
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