They’re Just Not That Into Us: On Mortals and Gods in Iliad 21 (opens in new tab)

In the last post on Iliad 21, I suggested that the supernatural violence of the book from when Achilles starts to fight the river Scamander to the realization of theomachy within the Iliad has the effect of overwhelming audiences, if inducing in them a ‘fog of war’ sensation as the events described get bigger, louder, … Continue reading They’re Just Not That Into Us: On Mortals and Gods in Iliad 21