It's here: our last episode on the Iliad! Achilles continues to mourn Patroclus, and to try to disfigure Hector's body. After days of this, Apollo intervenes, and the gods help Priam to retrieve his son's body from Achilles' tent. Brian, Shilo, and Jeff consider Achilles' "foreign policy" in his dealings with Priam, and the meaning of Homer's epic as a whole. Does the end of the Iliad portray a decline to a world run by liars and dancers, or an ascent to an almost joyful tragic insight into human power? In the final analysis, is it better to be a human being than to be a god? Do we need to read the Odyssey together to answer these questions?
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brian-wilson5/supportEp. 81 Homer's "Iliad" Book 23
Ep. 80 Homer's "Iliad" Book 22
Ep. 79 Homer's "Iliad" Book 21
Ep. 78 Homer's "Iliad" Book 20
Ep. 77 Homer's "Iliad" Book 19
Ep. 76 Homer's "Iliad" Book 18
Ep. 75 Homer's "Iliad" Book 17
Ep. 74 Homer's "Iliad" Book 16
Ep. 73 Homer's "Iliad" Book 15
Ep. 72 Homer's "Iliad" Book 14
Ep. 71 Homer's "Iliad" Book 13
Ep. 70 Homer's "Iliad" Book 12
Ep. 69 Homer's "Iliad" Book 11
Ep. 68 Bonus Pod Q&A with Mr. Mark Eleveld's AP Literature Class at Kankakee High School
Ep. 67 Homer's "Iliad" Book 10
Ep. 66 Homer's "Iliad" Book 9
Ep. 65 Homer's "Iliad" Book 8
Ep. 64 Homer's "Iliad" Book 7
Ep. 63 Homer's "Iliad" Book 6
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