pēma 'pain'

analysis of Achilles as pēma to Achaeans when he withdraws from fighting and when he dies and to Trojans when he fights, and this matching the Will of ZeusHector recognizes the Wil ... Continue reading

comparison of the conflict between Achilles and Odysseus in the Iliad and O.08.072-082, regarding it being an omen of Troy’s destruction, but preceded by pēmaThe wording of this ve ... Continue reading

comment on Hektor as pēma, in the context of discussing Achilles as pēma to TrojansIn the words of Diomedes, Hector is a pēma ‘pain’ for the Achaeans, I.11.347. The pain that he in ... Continue reading

analysis of pēma to both Patroklos and the Achaeans caused by Patroklos’ death, and so applicable to Achilles’ death, too, and association of Achilles with the theme of griefThe de ... Continue reading

analysis of pēma to both Patroklos and the Achaeans caused by Patroklos’ death, and so applicable to Achilles’ death, too, and association of Achilles with the theme of griefThe ne ... Continue reading

The oncoming pēma ‘pain’ is pictured here as a boulder that breaks off from mountainous heights overhead and starts rolling downward from above, ever increasing in speed as it near ... Continue reading

Agamemnon misunderstands the oracle of Apollo at Delphi, which had evidently prophesied to him that Troy would be captured when the ‘best of the Achaeans’—Odysseus and Achilles—eng ... Continue reading