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

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'Achilles Armor'

The theme of armor runs through the iliad. Hector originally sends the armor back, and then glaucus says, why aren't you out there fighting? You need to go fight. And he immediately guess seys. Get me achilles armor. But i see that like he's a fam woor man's achilles. So though he has that, i think it's conceivable that this longing for to defeat achilles and to take his glory is what leads to the downfall of his own city.

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