Shane Mage wrote:
>
> Carrol Cox wrote:
> >
> >...And what good is the Iliad in a world in which 99 out of a 100 of
> >those who read either think Achilles is a thug...
>
> Including Shakespeare (Troilus and Cressida) and Marx (letter to
> Engels in which he waxes enthusiastic over the *Troilus* portrayal
> of Achilles).
>
Shakespeare's take on Achilles goes back to the myth of Rome as a Second Troy. And as for Marx, nobody's perfect. :-)
Carrol