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The Shield Of Achilles
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The shield of Achillles plays a major part in the Illiad. It portrays the story of the Achaeans and their fight against the Trojans in a microcosm of the larger story. Forged by the god Hephaestus, who was a crippled smith, it depicts the two cities and the happenings within , as well as Agamemno ....
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....er the city and capture more. Turmoil surrounds each city. In one a quarrel and is brought to judgment. Surrounding the other, two armies fight along the riverbanks killing men and dragging off the dead. Both cities are tainted with death, and both house love. In the former two men quarrel over the blood price for a murdered kinsman and take their cases to a judge to decide the outcome. In the latter, children and housewives stand guard as the men march out to war. This scene is analogous.... |
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