I'll update the Iliad review for books 6-12 over the weekend. For now I just wanted to correct a few misconceptions from your reading responses...
1. Briseis is NOT Achilles' wife. I know that she briefly references herself as his wife, but she does not have that status officially. She is his war prize and slave. It would be very unusual for a Greek to marry a slave even in the Archaic period. Although I suppose he could choose to free her...
2. Achilles does not agree to return to battle. There were several people who state that Achilles agreed with Odysseus and chose to return to battle because Odysseus' argument was "too perfect". I don't know where this statement came from, but it didn't come from Homer's Iliad.
3. Agamemnon DOES promise to return Briseis to Achilles along with the 7 women from Lesbos, gold talents, etc. He claims to not have touched Briseis in any way.
Anyway, overall they were fine and no one needs to worry about grades, I just wanted to make sure I addressed these before I forgot. I hope today's discussion was better than last weeks :)
Be safe today!
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