Canon Fodder

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Canon Fodder: Chillin wit da Iliad

So far in Canon Fodder, I’ve tried to relate what’s been going on in The Iliad . But what about what’s been happening to me, the reader? Glad you asked. My journey into the classics has barely begun, but I have learned some things already: • While there...(read more)..

The Ampersand
Publication date 2007-09-05 02:11:00 · 

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Canon Fodder: Mighty Aphrodite, or The Spartan Smackdown!

So we finally arrive at the big Paris vs. Menelaus duel in Book Three of The Iliad , and thank Zeus that Homers storytelling is tighter than mine. Even as hes setting the scene, with the Trojans and Greeks lined up on either side of the duelling ground,...(read more)..

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Publication date 2007-09-02 18:57:00 · 

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Canon Fodder: Terrible Beauty!

The first part of Book Three described the run-up to a duel between Trojan pretty boy Paris and Greek bruiser Menelaus, from whom Paris stole Helen of Troy. But before we get to the duel, the action cuts next to a palace room, and our first glimpse of...(read more)..

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Publication date 2007-08-30 01:59:00 · 

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Canon Fodder: Who would win in a fight?

After Book Two’s drawn-out orders of battle (snore), The Iliad heats up in Book Three, which begins: Now with the squadrons marshalled, captains leading each, the Trojans came with cries and the din of war like wildfowl when the long hoarse cries of cranes...(read more)..

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Publication date 2007-08-24 01:46:00 · 

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Canon Fodder: This is the part of The Iliad where you snack

Book Two of The Iliad picks up where it left off in Book One, with Zeus plotting mortals fates (He wonders, “How to slaughter / hordes of Achaeans pinned against their ships?” — if I only had a nickel for every time I’ve asked myself the same thing.)...(read more)..

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Publication date 2007-08-17 01:20:00 · 

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