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gently caress that, Hector and his worthless brother started this whole mess. Achilles was 100% in the right, Agamemnon took Achilles spoils even knowing he was his best soldier just to be a dick. Anyone defending Agamemnon is anti labor and pro worthless management being able to do whatever they please even when it's his men risking their lives.
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 15:44 |
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I don't think Hector has ever had negative connotations, one thing that's cool about the Iliad is how it's not good guys versus bad guys but literally heroes on both sides.
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 15:46 |
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The war is Paris' fault, not Hector's. Paris is the one who abducted Helen, and he's also the one who immediately ran back home and threw himself on his family and made it their problem. Hector is now obliged to die for Paris' sake, and he knows it and he's mad as hell about it. There's a scene where he leaves his wife for the last time and tells her straight-up that he knows he's going out there to die, and it's going to be even worse for her, because she's going to be raped and enslaved when he is dead and their whole city is destroyed. But he can't back down from it for the same reason why Achilles can't just accept that Agamemnon took Briseis. It would be a shame, a dishonor. He would lose his arete, his heroic excellence, which is all he has (remember, Achilles was literally provided a choice through foresight between long life and imperishable fame–he has thrown away his life coming to Troy and knows it). He would become bad by doing unworthy things like Paris or Agamemnon do.
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 16:14 |
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Should have malingered to get out of his duty, there's a great trick where you go plow yoir field with a couple of totally mismatched animals, so you just spin around in circles. Nobody thay crazy is fit for military service.
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 16:21 |
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Hector is remembered forever in the same manner Achilles is, he achieved the same immortality, and more positively.
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 16:33 |
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Hector's name means "to make fun of" while Achilles' is remembered as a synonym for an acute weakness. Hector wins!
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 17:19 |
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skasion posted:The war is Paris' fault, not Hector's. Isn't it the gods' for having that stupid contest to see which one Paris would choose?
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 18:29 |
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Well, it was Paris who made the indescribably stupid choice to declare Aphrodite the prettiest and therefore have the most beautiful woman in the world as his reward, instead of the much better rewards offered by Hera or Athena. I feel like given the choice between dominion over Europe, Africa, and Asia, or the wisdom of Athena, I would go for the wisdom. Rulership of three continents just seems like a hassle.
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 19:01 |
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Thwomp posted:Isn't it the gods' for having that stupid contest to see which one Paris would choose? Well, yeah, that it’s all God’s fault is mentioned well before the whole Paris/Helen thing even comes up. “Thus was the will of Zeus.”
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 19:10 |
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Must one choose between Pallas and a palace?
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 19:12 |
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Paris got cucked by Faust on the end anyways
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 19:47 |
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Crab Dad posted:He’s literally the worst in the book. He’s a whiny petulant rear end in a top hat stomping on mortals worrying about his image. hector is still sung about in the british grenadiers
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 20:08 |
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Crab Dad posted:He’s literally the worst in the book. He’s a whiny petulant rear end in a top hat stomping on mortals worrying about his image. Last time I talked positively about The War Nerd Iliad translation in SA I was absolutely bodied, but the last line in his translation was: That was how they buried Hektor, the best of men. This killed me and brought the whole thing together unforgettably.
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 20:21 |
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Remulak posted:Last time I talked positively about The War Nerd Iliad translation in SA I was absolutely bodied, but the last line in his translation was: Yet bullying someone is referred to as hektoring. It’s really dumb and I always feel for the character.
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 20:47 |
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If only NATO has supplied Troy with HIMARS...
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 20:48 |
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Crab Dad posted:Yet bullying someone is referred to as hektoring. He bullies Paris so that he’ll go out to fight, it’s a famous scene. He basically blames him for everything and calls him a chickenshit in front of his wife
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 20:59 |
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Thwomp posted:Isn't it the gods' for having that stupid contest to see which one Paris would choose? Personally I blame Odysseus. Here's a guy who has a reputation for being clever and far-sighted, and the best he could come up with was "lmao let's stake the political course of the entire known ancient world on one guy's marriage"? Come on, guy.
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 21:06 |
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Perestroika posted:Personally I blame Odysseus. Here's a guy who has a reputation for being clever and far-sighted, and the best he could come up with was "lmao let's stake the political course of the entire known ancient world on one guy's marriage"? Come on, guy. hey, it worked for the whole known ancient world. Then some koopa kingdom assholes come out of nowhere and steal the princess, but hey, how all the greeks are fighting on the same side instead of killing each other.
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 21:40 |
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skasion posted:He bullies Paris so that he’ll go out to fight, it’s a famous scene. He basically blames him for everything and calls him a chickenshit in front of his wife Well ok. But it was totally justified.
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 21:56 |
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Deteriorata posted:If only NATO has supplied Troy with HIMARS... The last (first?) time someone from a NATO country delivered explosives to Troy it did not go well PittTheElder fucked around with this message at 22:07 on Oct 19, 2022 |
# ? Oct 19, 2022 22:03 |
https://twitter.com/ghostofhellas/status/1582508599300874240?s=20&t=M6Xl0UMHMp66yDJOw8WyMw
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 22:35 |
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This cross-fade montage shows a detail of the palimpsest under ordinary lighting; under multispectral analysis; and with a reconstruction of the hidden text.Credit: Museum of the Bible (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo by Early Manuscripts Electronic Library/Lazarus Project, University of Rochester; multispectral processing by Keith T. Knox; tracings by Emanuel Zingg. First known map of night sky found hidden in Medieval parchment quote:A medieval parchment from a monastery in Egypt has yielded a surprising treasure. Hidden beneath Christian texts, scholars have discovered what seems to be part of the long-lost star catalogue of the astronomer Hipparchus — believed to be the earliest known attempt to map the entire sky.
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# ? Oct 19, 2022 23:30 |
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ChubbyChecker posted:hector is still sung about ftfy and flinty regards from the goon metal thread skasion posted:It’s 12 days before Hector’s body is ransomed. Achilles isn’t driving in circles for all that time though. He gets up at dawn to drag the body round the tomb a couple times and then goes back to his tent for the rest of the day. That's a relief, kinda. In the Firebrand, Achilles does loving donuts around the battlefield in general for like 14 hours, beating off two assaults, and then starts again the next day. It's extremely vulgar, bordering on the unintentionally hilarious.
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# ? Oct 20, 2022 07:55 |
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Tias posted:beating off two assaults ... It's extremely vulgar, bordering on the unintentionally hilarious. Now there's some real Manowar song material for you.
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# ? Oct 20, 2022 12:41 |
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Have at it! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0AnLvPs6JE&t=940s It's the only reason I knew what happened in the Iliad.
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# ? Oct 20, 2022 13:32 |
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if I'm understanding correctly, the blood on your
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# ? Oct 20, 2022 13:46 |
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Tias posted:ftfy and flinty regards from the goon metal thread
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AAAAA! Real Muenster posted:Can I get a link to this? https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3433957
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# ? Oct 20, 2022 14:58 |
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Thank you sir!
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# ? Oct 20, 2022 15:02 |
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Tias posted:Have at it! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0AnLvPs6JE&t=940s
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# ? Oct 21, 2022 19:39 |
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Deteriorata posted:
Hoping Lives of Famous Whores is in there.
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# ? Oct 22, 2022 02:39 |
imagine being the monk that erased lives of famous whores to get parchment for your cheese recipes
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# ? Oct 22, 2022 03:58 |
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Jazerus posted:imagine being the monk that erased lives of famous whores to get parchment for your cheese recipes hell yeah i'd have some cheese
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Deteriorata posted:
That's super cool. I can't wait to read the full data for sky charts and dating.
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# ? Oct 22, 2022 14:08 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDRD3c-WAec
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# ? Oct 22, 2022 15:30 |
Jazerus posted:imagine being the monk that erased lives of famous whores to get parchment for your cheese recipes A hero
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVCDB1wCg9k
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# ? Oct 26, 2022 01:51 |
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"loose-belted" sure is a euphemism Also, @ugroyp?
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Judgy Fucker posted:Also, @ugroyp? idgi and I'm too afraid to google it and end up on the last few remaing watchlists I'm not already on.
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