AN ILIAD
Home
The Trojan War
The Iliad
Translations
Performance
Glossary
War
Themes
Home
The Trojan War
The Iliad
Translations
Performance
Glossary
War
Themes
Search
What is the point of war?
How do you know when you've won?
What is the
bloodthirst? Are we meant to be violent? What changes our apparent goodness? (i.e. the wrath of Achilles)
What do you become as a fighter and victim?
If, as the Poet says, the old gods change, then what are gods and religion today vs then?
How is the poet complicit in or related to the war?
What do we "see" at the end?
Home
The Trojan War
The Iliad
Translations
Performance
Glossary
War
Themes