Hektor’s Body and the Burden: Introducing Iliad 22 (opens in new tab)

This post is a basic introduction to reading Iliad 22. Book 22 has three basic parts, creating suspense before the final face-off between Achilles and Hektor; the faceoff itself followed by the mistreatment of Hektor’s body; and the first responses to Hektor’s death, culminating in Andromache’s first lament. In the first part, Hektor ignores pleas … Continue reading Hektor’s Body and the Burden: Introducing Iliad 22