Homer: Of
the Rage of Peleus' Son Achilles
HOW THE WAR STARTED
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The Judgment of Paris, by W. S. Merwin
Compare to: Homer,
Il. 24, 27-30
ACHILLES'
FAVORITE PASTIME (GAMBLING)
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one April dusk the, by
e. e. cummings
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A Krater: Achilles and Ajax Playing Backgammon,
by A. Davis
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Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi, by D. Wagoner
Compare to: Aristophanes,
Frogs
1400; Boethius, Consol. 2,1
ACHILLES' NEW SHIELD
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The Shield of Achilles, by W. H. Auden
Compare to: Homer,
Il. 18,478-9; Plato, Rep. 2,378b-c
YET ANOTHER SHIELD
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Secondary Epic, by
W. H. Auden
Compare to: Virgil,
Aen. VIII 720-31 & XII 885-6
SOME GOOD ADVICE FOR ACHILLES
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The Sapphics Against Anger, by T. Steele
Compare to: Homer,
Il.
9,254-9; Aristotle, Nic. Eth. 4,5,10
HERA RALLIES THE GREEKS
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Stentor and Mourning, by A. Dugan
Compare to: Homer,
Il.
5,780-92
YOU CAN’T WIN THEM ALL, HERA!
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Hera, Hung From the Sky, by C. Kizer
Compare to: Homer,
Il.
15,14-21
HOMERIC
SIMILES -- WHERE WAR AND PEACE CONVERGE
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Heroic Simile, by R. Hass
Compare to: Homer,
Il. 16,481-6
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Homeric Simile, by W. Meredith
LIKE THE GENERATIONS OF LEAVES
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To the Reader, by D. Levertov
Compare to: Homer,
Il. 6, 146-9
ABOUT HELEN
Compare to: Homer,
Il.
3,154-7; Ovid, Amor. 1,10,3-4
HELEN COMPLAINS
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The Goddess, by D. Levertov
Compare to: Homer,
Il.
3,396-402; Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite 191-206
HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE: A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN
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My Favorite Farewell, by G. Stern
Compare to: Homer,
Il.
6,466-483
WHEN, AND WHERE, IS IT ALL GOING TO END?
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Aeneas in Washington, by A. Tate
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In Medias Res, by W. Stafford
Compare to: Homer,
Il.
20, 337-356
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