Professor Edith Hall

Absolutely. Indeed, when he finally goes into battle, there's a special word for it. It's a certain kind of scene in Iliad, and other characters get them, called an aristia, which means showing off your excellence at fighting. Right. So Diomedes gets one. He's another very good Achaean warrior in book five, where you kill serially, you know, like 10 goals one after another in a football match.

Absolutely. Indeed, when he finally goes into battle, there's a special word for it. It's a certain kind of scene in Iliad, and other characters get them, called an aristia, which means showing off your excellence at fighting. Right. So Diomedes gets one. He's another very good Achaean warrior in book five, where you kill serially, you know, like 10 goals one after another in a football match.

You kill the enemy in a fit of bloodlust that could go on for several hours. And I think the ancient audiences, I use the goal analogy mindfully because I think it was very exciting to listen to them. that yes, another Trojan bites the dust and yes, another one. And they're all killed in slightly different ways.

You kill the enemy in a fit of bloodlust that could go on for several hours. And I think the ancient audiences, I use the goal analogy mindfully because I think it was very exciting to listen to them. that yes, another Trojan bites the dust and yes, another one. And they're all killed in slightly different ways.

You kill the enemy in a fit of bloodlust that could go on for several hours. And I think the ancient audiences, I use the goal analogy mindfully because I think it was very exciting to listen to them. that yes, another Trojan bites the dust and yes, another one. And they're all killed in slightly different ways.

So the spear goes through their belly or the spear goes through their larynx or the spear goes through their eye or lots of stuff. And I suspect that the ancient audiences were cheering with every one. Achilles kills so many that the river Scamander, which is the great river that comes down from Mount Ida to the sea and provides water for Troy, gets all blocked up with corpses.

So the spear goes through their belly or the spear goes through their larynx or the spear goes through their eye or lots of stuff. And I suspect that the ancient audiences were cheering with every one. Achilles kills so many that the river Scamander, which is the great river that comes down from Mount Ida to the sea and provides water for Troy, gets all blocked up with corpses.

So the spear goes through their belly or the spear goes through their larynx or the spear goes through their eye or lots of stuff. And I suspect that the ancient audiences were cheering with every one. Achilles kills so many that the river Scamander, which is the great river that comes down from Mount Ida to the sea and provides water for Troy, gets all blocked up with corpses.

They all jump in the river to try to escape. He kills them in the river. The river is completely dammed with corpses. So at that point, the river assumes anthropomorphic form. That means he takes on the form of a human. and is so angry with Achilles for polluting his lovely waters. And also Achilles pulls all the trees down that line the riverbank. He destroys the beauty of the whole riverscape.

They all jump in the river to try to escape. He kills them in the river. The river is completely dammed with corpses. So at that point, the river assumes anthropomorphic form. That means he takes on the form of a human. and is so angry with Achilles for polluting his lovely waters. And also Achilles pulls all the trees down that line the riverbank. He destroys the beauty of the whole riverscape.

They all jump in the river to try to escape. He kills them in the river. The river is completely dammed with corpses. So at that point, the river assumes anthropomorphic form. That means he takes on the form of a human. and is so angry with Achilles for polluting his lovely waters. And also Achilles pulls all the trees down that line the riverbank. He destroys the beauty of the whole riverscape.

So Scamander fights Achilles Achilles in the most terrifying way, because he's bigger and he's a god, and he would have defeated Achilles. He, in fact, even calls on another river, one of his tributaries, to come and help him. But Hera, at that point, sends in fire, who fights the river instead. But already, the river has flooded the entire Trojan plain. So it's like a dam bursting.

So Scamander fights Achilles Achilles in the most terrifying way, because he's bigger and he's a god, and he would have defeated Achilles. He, in fact, even calls on another river, one of his tributaries, to come and help him. But Hera, at that point, sends in fire, who fights the river instead. But already, the river has flooded the entire Trojan plain. So it's like a dam bursting.

So Scamander fights Achilles Achilles in the most terrifying way, because he's bigger and he's a god, and he would have defeated Achilles. He, in fact, even calls on another river, one of his tributaries, to come and help him. But Hera, at that point, sends in fire, who fights the river instead. But already, the river has flooded the entire Trojan plain. So it's like a dam bursting.

I was writing about this in my latest book, this particular scene, when there was that terrible, terrible, terrible, I think it was 2023, the dams burst in Libya, I don't know if you remember, and killed tens of thousands of people. And it was caused by human technological failure. This was not an earthquake. This was a human dam. that burst, right?

I was writing about this in my latest book, this particular scene, when there was that terrible, terrible, terrible, I think it was 2023, the dams burst in Libya, I don't know if you remember, and killed tens of thousands of people. And it was caused by human technological failure. This was not an earthquake. This was a human dam. that burst, right?

I was writing about this in my latest book, this particular scene, when there was that terrible, terrible, terrible, I think it was 2023, the dams burst in Libya, I don't know if you remember, and killed tens of thousands of people. And it was caused by human technological failure. This was not an earthquake. This was a human dam. that burst, right?

And that's what it's like with the river Sigmund. A human pollutes his waters. Human blocks it up. This is Achilles. And the river retaliates and causes far, far more destruction. So I see this as an environmental parable.

And that's what it's like with the river Sigmund. A human pollutes his waters. Human blocks it up. This is Achilles. And the river retaliates and causes far, far more destruction. So I see this as an environmental parable.

And that's what it's like with the river Sigmund. A human pollutes his waters. Human blocks it up. This is Achilles. And the river retaliates and causes far, far more destruction. So I see this as an environmental parable.