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The Iliad

The Classical Mind

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The Human Side of Achilles

At the end of the whole work, you see a very human side to Achilles. And so there is a kind of demonizing aspect to this. It ends on a human note. That's right. Even in the face of Paulus Athena, he won't give over his rage,. But at the end he does yield to the entreaties of Phyum and so the Trojans buried Hector, break, break, or of horses - and we end on Hector.

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