Again a somewhat delayed attack on Books 6 and 9 of the Iliad.  Syncretism and varieties of divine power considered.  Foreshadowing of the deaths of Patroklos and Hektor.  Beginning of discussion of Homeric epithets.  Set-ups of the climactic scenes: Honor vs. spoliation of the dead.  Hospitality to ambassadors.

Again a somewhat delayed attack on Books 6 and 9 of the Iliad. Syncretism and varieties of divine power considered. Foreshadowing of the deaths of Patroklos and Hektor. Beginning of discussion of Homeric epithets. Set-ups of the climactic scenes: Honor vs. spoliation of the dead. Hospitality to ambassadors.

Again a somewhat delayed attack on Books 6 and 9 of the Iliad.&nbsp; Syncretism and varieties of divine power considered.&nbsp; Foreshadowing of the deaths of Patroklos and Hektor.&nbsp; Beginning of discussion of Homeric epithets.&nbsp; Set-ups of the climactic scenes: Honor vs. spoliation of the dead.&nbsp; Hospitality to ambassadors.

Hektor frightens Astyanax, Achilleus plays the lyre

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Hektor frightens Astyanax, Achilleus plays the lyre