What is a Classic, Anyway?
On Hemingway and the Hundred-Year Rule
On Hemingway and the Hundred-Year Rule
The Iliad, Homer tells us, is about the rage of Achilles and the will of Zeus, and about how these two interact with each other. Quoting Lattimore: Sing goddess the anger of Peleus son Achilleus And its devastation, which put pains thousandfold upon the Achaians, Hurled in their multitudes to the house of Hades strong …