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The Iliad

The Classical Mind

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The Hector and Achilles Debate

I wanted to zoom in on one other aspect between the Hector and Achilles debate and talk a little bit about the concept of friendship. I mean, I do see Hector as not just a brother, but in some ways a friend of Paris. Some scholars will claim that there's a romantic relationship between Achilles and Patrick was I've never seen that. But there is something profoundly different about Achilles relation to Patrick less than any other two men in the book,. especially more than Hector and Paris.

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