You’re Gonna Die Too, Friend: Achilles’ Speech to Lykaon in Iliad 21 (opens in new tab)

Book 21 of the Iliad is like one of those extended fight scenes in a Transformers or Marvel movie: superpowered giants smashing against one another in a dizzying array of violence that leaves almost any audience reeling with confusion, immersed in a battlefield but uncertain how things are actually going. The effect can be to … Continue reading You’re Gonna Die Too, Friend: Achilles’ Speech to Lykaon in Iliad 21