Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Iliad of Homer, From the Text of Wolf: With English Notes
But in the interview with the ambassadors sent by Aga memnon to his tent, he shows himself courteous, hospitable, and eloquent. After the death of Patroclus, the higher quali ties of his character, his strong affections, his heroic virtues are magnificently developed. This circumstance seems to Show, that the poet, making his heroes display themselves by their actions, intended that an entire character should be judged by taking into View the whole series of events comprehended in the poem. The same observation will apply to other personages of the Iliad.
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