eris 'strife'

The ships of the Achaeans are beached along the shores of a large U-shaped bay that opens into the Hellespont. See Map 1 and Map 2 at HPC 157 and 158 respectively. Such a bay no lo ... Continue reading

The Master Narrator calls on the Muse to explain the cause of the eris ‘strife’. (See also the pointed use of the word eris ‘strife’ at Pindar Paean 6.50–53.) It is now revealed t ... Continue reading

In Agamemnon’s language of blame as directed against Achilles, eris ‘strife’ is a defining feature of Achilles. In Agamemnon’s language of blame as directed against Achilles, eris ... Continue reading

The Trojan War is eris ‘strife’. See also eris ‘strife’ at Pindar Paean 6.50–53. That is how this war is seen in the words of Menelaos the Achaean, who claims a juridical grievanc ... Continue reading

comment on the application of the words characterizing Achilles at I.01.177 (eris, wars, and battles are dear to him) to Ares in this verse, complaints lodged by Agamemnon and Zeus ... Continue reading

Here as well as earlier at I.08.220–227 and at I.11.005–016, also later at I.14.027–036, the headquarters of the Achaeans are said to be located at the same place where the ship of ... Continue reading

analysis of the naustathmon as the topographical, political and sacral centerpoint of the Achaeans and Agamemnon’s, Diomedes’, Nestor’s and Odysseus’ ships location in this spaceNe ... Continue reading

In the speech of Hērā here, Ι.24.055–063, there is a reference to a primal story that is connected to the Judgment of Paris. It is the story about the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, ... Continue reading

Epitomized from Nagy 2015 §§69–75: [§69] In Odyssey O.03.130–183, old Nestor is telling a tale to young Telemachus about the various homecomings of the Achaeans after they succeede ... Continue reading