Ep. 63 Iliad Book 6

Combat and Classics Podcast

English - August 17, 2022 00:56 - 31 minutes - 34.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 74 ratings
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This weeks episode we find the Trojans getting beat pretty badly by the Greeks, so Helenus (a soothsayer and Hector's brother) tells Hector to go back to Troy and get the women to sacrifice to Athena. While he's back in town Hector visits his brother and chastises him for not returning to the battlefield. But then Hector goes and visits his wife and new born son.

Meanwhile on the battlefield Agamemnon chastises Melenaus for taking prisoners and Diomedes and Glaucus fight but find out their grandpappies were buddies so decide to exchange armor and agree to a personal truce.

We try to tease out in this episode: who is Hector? How does he compare to Agamemnon and Achilles?

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