songmaking of Sappho/Alcaeus

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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 2.689-694 anchor comment on: Aeolian women in the Iliad, part 1

 Gregory Nagy

These verses at I.02.689–694 focus on Briseis, war-prize of Achilles. An aristocratic woman, she was taken captive by Achilles when he conquered the city of Lyrnessos and killed he ... 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 9.130

 Gregory Nagy

in the context of the analysis of Messon as the setting of the seasonally recurring festival of the federation of the Aeolian citiesThe description of the women from Lesbos as vict ... 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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