Achilles was the man who would cause his father to outlive him. Everything else follows from that. Thetis knew first. Her son faced what the Greeks called a dilemma. A long life without a name, or a short life the singers would not let die. Both draw blood.[1] She had been bound to that. WrestledContinue reading “Achilles”
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KAIROS AND THE GEOMETRY OF TIMING
Book Five of the Iliad contains the most outrageous act of combat in all of Greek myth: a mortal wounds a god. Homer opens the Iliad with the anger of Achilles and his retreat from the field of battle. His mother, Thetis, bargains with Zeus, and the war is no longer a simple contest ofContinue reading “KAIROS AND THE GEOMETRY OF TIMING”
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