aspiration for immortality

analysis of how Hektor mirrors Athena (his ritual antagonist), here, with regard to his aspirations to timē like Athena and Apollo (and with regard to being Dios pais)Here is a wor ... Continue reading

Hektor’s aspirations to immortality and comparison with Athena and Apollo (hero of epic and of cult)As noted in the comment on I.01.091, the meaning of the verb eukhesthai as ‘decl ... Continue reading

Here is a working translation: ‘|825 If only I could be the child of aegis-bearing Zeus |826 for all days to come, and the Lady Hērā could be my mother, |827 and if only I could be ... Continue reading