Holy Crap. Talk about getting caught in the small stuff, and losing sight of the big picture: read this.
That's all I've got to say, because I have to go find my copy of the Iliad.
Right. Now.
The Gunslinger
Enemy of the Imperial State
EOTIS
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9 months ago
Great article which I will be passing on to my e-mail group. "The Patrimony of the West" and all that it implies according to 'blogodidaact' sounds like a great title for a college studies course or high school mini course. Too bad I don,t have a teaching cred.....but my daughter does and I brought her up right. I will suggest it to her.
ReplyDeleteNow when your are finished re-reading the Illiad, if you want to have a glimpse of what may be the REAL Troy other than what Calvert and Schliemann preach, read "Where Troy Once Stood" by Iman Wilkins.....if you can find a copy. Also, as you re-read the Illiad, look for and you will find in his behavior, the first literary description of PTSD as it relates to Achilles.
Just looked on Amazon, the book goes from $200 new to $50 used. Best see if your local library has it or can get it. Don't let the official 'editorial' review put you off. The archeological evidence put forth by Wilkens far out weighs that of Schliemann. Read some of the reviews.
I should have been a history teacher.
A. Nonny Mouse
Thank you so much for these thought-provoking links! History,factual as well as mythical (or euphemisms,if you will),is, bottom-line, about exploring/explaining human behavior.Anyhoo...I'm getting ready to watch a silly-ass movie called "Hot Tub Time Machine".I don't hope for much,but sometimes "silly" movies offer a little bit of insight into human behavior,past regret for impulsive actions,etc. I think "high" and "low,sometimes.It's very entertaining...
ReplyDeleteA. Nonny, thanks for the suggestion. Don't you hate it when great books go out of print?
ReplyDeletetj...You don't have to justify watching lowbrow movies. You get to. Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.
Slinger,
ReplyDeleteOne more point about the Iliad. Many, and I am one of them, feel that it was NOT necessarily a work of fiction as some would have you believe. It was most likely a 'putting to paper' of an oral history of real events that had been passed down for a few generations, with a few embellishments thrown in to appease the 'gods' of the day. Since it was the first piece of recorded literature I doubt it was wasted on fiction.
BTW. My copy of "Where Troy Once Stood" is a first edition. I lucked into it at a garage sale.
Mouse