Professor Edith Hall

the moment that Achilles meets his mother, Thetis. You can cut it down into individual lays, and I think that's how it was probably performed. It got elaborated and elaborated. I think we're probably talking not tens but hundreds of individual bards. They're called rhapsodes. stitches of song who performed it through the dark ages of Greece.

the moment that Achilles meets his mother, Thetis. You can cut it down into individual lays, and I think that's how it was probably performed. It got elaborated and elaborated. I think we're probably talking not tens but hundreds of individual bards. They're called rhapsodes. stitches of song who performed it through the dark ages of Greece.

For whatever reason, as I said, I think it's got a lot to do with colonization. Somebody put it all together in the mid-18th century. Now, that might have been an individual genius because the structure is wonderful. There's real artistry in how it's been all put together. if you like, the final stitcher, whether he was called Omeros or not, I don't know. It's a very peculiar name.

For whatever reason, as I said, I think it's got a lot to do with colonization. Somebody put it all together in the mid-18th century. Now, that might have been an individual genius because the structure is wonderful. There's real artistry in how it's been all put together. if you like, the final stitcher, whether he was called Omeros or not, I don't know. It's a very peculiar name.

For whatever reason, as I said, I think it's got a lot to do with colonization. Somebody put it all together in the mid-18th century. Now, that might have been an individual genius because the structure is wonderful. There's real artistry in how it's been all put together. if you like, the final stitcher, whether he was called Omeros or not, I don't know. It's a very peculiar name.

It means a hostage. And about 10 different places in ancient Greece claim to be the homeland of Omer. So I don't think we've got any sense of who this individual was, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that there wasn't a master hand in pushing it all together because it's very aesthetically satisfying.

It means a hostage. And about 10 different places in ancient Greece claim to be the homeland of Omer. So I don't think we've got any sense of who this individual was, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that there wasn't a master hand in pushing it all together because it's very aesthetically satisfying.

It means a hostage. And about 10 different places in ancient Greece claim to be the homeland of Omer. So I don't think we've got any sense of who this individual was, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that there wasn't a master hand in pushing it all together because it's very aesthetically satisfying.

It narrates a 40-day period, and it's syncopated. So we're not talking a convenient day, a book sort of thing. Sometimes you have a sort of 10-day gap. They go out to gather wood on the mountains for nine days for the funeral at the end of Patroclus in book 23. And Priam sends his guys out to the mountains for several days.

It narrates a 40-day period, and it's syncopated. So we're not talking a convenient day, a book sort of thing. Sometimes you have a sort of 10-day gap. They go out to gather wood on the mountains for nine days for the funeral at the end of Patroclus in book 23. And Priam sends his guys out to the mountains for several days.

It narrates a 40-day period, and it's syncopated. So we're not talking a convenient day, a book sort of thing. Sometimes you have a sort of 10-day gap. They go out to gather wood on the mountains for nine days for the funeral at the end of Patroclus in book 23. And Priam sends his guys out to the mountains for several days.

Sometimes, there's a battle that rages across the middle of the poem, which takes up three or four books, just one battle. It doesn't neatly fit into temporal units. It does neatly fit into thematic and dramatically unified individual episodes.

Sometimes, there's a battle that rages across the middle of the poem, which takes up three or four books, just one battle. It doesn't neatly fit into temporal units. It does neatly fit into thematic and dramatically unified individual episodes.

Sometimes, there's a battle that rages across the middle of the poem, which takes up three or four books, just one battle. It doesn't neatly fit into temporal units. It does neatly fit into thematic and dramatically unified individual episodes.

So it was sort of 10 years. And I think we're meant to feel this is in about eighth or ninth year. Once Achilles kills Hector, which is of course the climax, the final showdown, like the shootout in a Clint Eastwood movie that you've been waiting. That's in book 22 of 24. Just as in the Odyssey, when Odysseus finally kills all the suitors, it's in book 22 of 24.

So it was sort of 10 years. And I think we're meant to feel this is in about eighth or ninth year. Once Achilles kills Hector, which is of course the climax, the final showdown, like the shootout in a Clint Eastwood movie that you've been waiting. That's in book 22 of 24. Just as in the Odyssey, when Odysseus finally kills all the suitors, it's in book 22 of 24.

So it was sort of 10 years. And I think we're meant to feel this is in about eighth or ninth year. Once Achilles kills Hector, which is of course the climax, the final showdown, like the shootout in a Clint Eastwood movie that you've been waiting. That's in book 22 of 24. Just as in the Odyssey, when Odysseus finally kills all the suitors, it's in book 22 of 24.

So you've got that sort of whole buildup that is coming. But 40 days is an interesting unit, apart from the number 40, which often is important. A lot of storytelling, you know, it's like knights in the wilderness and that kind of thing. But it allows a real psychological build-up because Achilles is called the Roth of Achilles, really. The first word is Roth.

So you've got that sort of whole buildup that is coming. But 40 days is an interesting unit, apart from the number 40, which often is important. A lot of storytelling, you know, it's like knights in the wilderness and that kind of thing. But it allows a real psychological build-up because Achilles is called the Roth of Achilles, really. The first word is Roth.

So you've got that sort of whole buildup that is coming. But 40 days is an interesting unit, apart from the number 40, which often is important. A lot of storytelling, you know, it's like knights in the wilderness and that kind of thing. But it allows a real psychological build-up because Achilles is called the Roth of Achilles, really. The first word is Roth.