Iliad Modern Scholarship

Martin

• [Achilles] His wrath is not alleviated, but merely redirected towards Hector

Knox

• On hector falls the whole burden of war
• Men die in agony in the Iliad
• Achilles’ native element… his talents fully employed
• Allan
• [Heroes] Hyper-sensitive to their reputation
• Regrets his excessive anger and egotism
• Festering anger
• His rage to obscure the benefits

Swift

• In Book 21 he uses the certainty of death to justify further killing if suffering is inevitable
• Rage and violence are still an essential part of his character

Taplin

• Hectors fellow citizens depend on him: if he falls, they fall

Graziosi

• [Hector] He wants to…