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Reading Homer in 2025: When men were men and gods were gods

“Come, men of Troy and Trojan women; look upon Hektor if ever before you were joyful when you saw him come back living from battle; for he was a joy to his city and all his people.” 

It has been a long time since I read The Iliad. I think my last time was during my senior year of high school, and perhaps even when I was working on my undergraduate literature degree. I also don’t remember which

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Robin Craig Clark Thanks for bee-ing friends, Garrett.

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