We will check this section out next week. why was prayer more important and how does this paint the Iliad in a way not seen before?
Quite a romance and soap opera. It seems the Greeks had a great reason for fight their enemies in troy and it looks like Paris was not one of them. We shall see...
To her Pelides:—"With regardful ear,
'Tis just, O goddess! I thy dictates hear.
[pg 010]
Hard as it is, my vengeance I suppress:
Those who revere the gods the gods will bless."
He said, observant of the blue-eyed maid;
Then in the sheath return'd the shining blade.
The goddess swift to high Olympus flies,
And joins the sacred senate of the skies.
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http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6130/6130-h/6130-h.html#toc5
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