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The Iliad Book 2 The Great Gathering of Armies
The second book reinforces how important the social hierarchy is to these Achaeans. Agamemnon's authority seems to derive from Zeus, symbolized by the scepter passed down through his family, not from any merit on his part. Even when he comes up with a bizarre and pointless plan to test his troops, his commanders, even the crafty Odysseus, support ( Read more... ) -
Great Speeches by African Americans: Pre-Civil War
In this Dover Thrift Edition edited by James Daley, the speeches are arranged chronologically from Henry Highland Garnet's 1843 address to the slaves to Barack Obama's Knox College commencement speech in 2005.
The first three-Henry Highland Garnet's "An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America", Jermain Wesley Loguen's "I Am A ( Read more... ) -
The Iliad Book 1 The Rage of Achilles
[Spoiler (click to open)]
Rage-Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles ( Read more... ) -
The Iliad - Homer (trans. Robert Fagles)
Fair warning: Since the poem has been around since 800BCE (and the war if it was ever fought dated more than four centuries earlier), I don't think it's too soon for spoilers. ;)
Finishing the shorter, more colorful Odyssey and reading Caroline Alexander's The War That Killed Achilles convinced me that I could at least read through the entire ( Read more... )
