Combat & Classics Ep. 81 Homer’s “Iliad” Book 23 (opens in new tab)

After our antepenultimate Iliad episode comes… the penultimate episode! In Book 23, Hector is dead, and Achilles mourns Patroclus, who comes to Achilles in a dream and demands a funeral. So Achilles organizes funeral games: chariot and foot races, boxing and wrestling, and more. The Argives compete, and contend over the justice of their competition. We ask: why does Homer’s description Continue Reading … The post Combat & Classics Ep. 81 Homer’s “Iliad” Book 23 first appeared on The Partially...