Lesbos, Tenedos, and the facing mainland of Asia Minor

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Iliad 9.270-272/ anchor comment on: Aeolian women in the Iliad, part 2

 Gregory Nagy

The story that is being told here at I.09.128–131 and retold at I.09.270–272 centers on one single stunning event: Achilles captured the entire island of Lesbos. By implication, th ... Continue reading

Iliad 9.128–131/ anchor comment on: Aeolian women in the Iliad, part 2

 Gregory Nagy

The story that is being told here at I.09.128–131 and retold at I.09.270–272 centers on one single stunning event: Achilles captured the entire island of Lesbos. By implication, th ... Continue reading

Iliad 9.270–272

 Gregory Nagy

The story that is being told here at I.09.270–272 and retold earlier at I.09.128–131 centers on one single stunning event: Achilles captured the entire island of Lesbos. By implica ... Continue reading

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