For The Community

for the community 🫡

People are reading the Iliad, and conclude that the meaning is anger, ok that's what Homer said too, let's think more.

They didn't understand the destruction of human life, how important it is to be remembered, and whether it all make sense. War is evil, and if you want to win, you have to be evil, and only the gods are responsible, and they are the only ones who can stop it.

THE MEANING IS HUMANITY IN WAR AND IS IT IMPORTANT TO BE REMEMBERED IDIOTS.

Read books 6,9, and 24 again and really read the books nicely and carefully.

Pay attention to every man who has a family and will leave it for what for the gods who are ready to use them as playthings.

AND ALSO, this is an old ancient culture that was very important the sentence "tooth for tooth eye for eye son for son."

Greek Mythology is nasty nasty please don't forget that.

Oh yeah and this too

Kleos (Ancient Greek: κλέος) is the Greek word often translated to "renown", or "glory". It is related to the English word "loud" and carries the implied meaning of "what others hear about you". A Greek hero earns kleos through accomplishing great deeds.

According to Gregory Nagy, besides the meaning of "glory", kleos can also be used as the medium (in this case, the ancient Greek poetry or song) which conveys glory.

Ok, thanks, that's my thought for the day <3

Nothing can make me happy:

3,000-year-old epic exists

The Iliad and the Odyssey will fix my life <3

Bonus:

Odysseus about Panelope

Clytemnestra was way too lenient I wouldn’t have stopped with just killing Agamemnon I would’ve hunted down every single surviving Greek leader that stood by and did nothing (or worst straight up participated) as my daughter was slaughtered like an animal.

x I plead the fifth

homer really said, every victory on the battlefield is a grieving father at home. and this is not a reason for the war to stop. and this is not a reason to stop telling stories about war. but you become fully human at the moment you recognize the total humanity of your enemy because it is only when you can see that that you can comprehend the humanity of your own mortal self. and like. three thousand years later and the world has yet to top that