All Questions
7
questions
8
votes
1
answer
249
views
Could Achilles have killed Hector at a later time?
Achilles was given two choices by his mother, either stay and die with imperishable fame or leave the war and live a life of peace. When he heard Hector killed Patroclus, to escape his fate and take ...
- 83
5
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Why does Hector accept Achilles' challenge?
The first time Hector meets Achilles on the battlefield, in Book IX of the Iliad, he is prudent enough to avoid dueling the Myrmidon superhero. However, in Book XXII Hector decides to face Achilles in ...
- 1,400
3
votes
1
answer
99
views
How does Glaucus know Patroclus killed Sarpedon?
I'm reading the Loeb Iliad so I have the original Greek text alongside English and am confused when reading verse Il. 16-543:
τὸν δ᾽ ὑπὸ Πατρόκλῳ δάμασ᾽ ἔγχεϊ χάλκεος Ἄρης.
... Him [Sarpedon] has ...
- 133
3
votes
1
answer
70
views
How much time is a generation in the odyssey and Iliad?
Prompted by the question How old was Nestor is there any reference to how much Homer considered a generation to be?
I cannot seem to find any good reference that is reliable and sourced correctly, ...
- 4,061
3
votes
1
answer
1k
views
What are Hera's favorite cities?
In the Iliad, Zeus and Hera are fighting. Somehow, for reasons I don't remember, Zeus asks the names of Hera's favorite cities. After she tells him, he says he shall sack them.
What are the names of ...
- 6,695
3
votes
1
answer
130
views
Was hero worship the same as god worship?
In Greek Mythology, their are a few special heroes (Diomedes being one) who, after Death claims them, have a shrine/temple build in their honor and for worship. Was the worship they received similar/...
- 6,695
0
votes
1
answer
229
views
What does Ulysses Pidytes of Percote mean?
I just opened my Iliad et Odyssey (Translated by Samuel Butler), and I saw this...
Polypoetes then killed Astyalus, Ulysses Pidytes of Percote, and Teucer Aretaon.
The Iliad, Book VI, page 98
This ...
- 6,695