[lbo-talk] Action and motive in the Iliad, Book One, first half

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Thu Aug 6 15:30:12 PDT 2009


At 09:23 AM 8/6/2009, Chris Doss wrote:


>I actually went line by line through the text.... Interestingly,
>there is no instance in which such a passion is a "stimulus" caused
>by a divine entity.

Except that the choice to go to war in the first place, and then meet a glorious end that will be celebrated in deathless song is "stimulated" by divine desire.

Why the need for binary opposition here?



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