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Achilles' companion whose entry into battle reveals Achilles' self-protective desire for glory.
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Patroclus
Achilles' companion whose entry into battle reveals Achilles' self-protective desire for glory.
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Pallas functions as Patroclus in the Aeneid's inverted Iliad analogy, giving Aeneas the memory-token that shifts him from pity into rage.
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Achilles changes the expected course of events by adding glory and divine possibility to Patroclus' mission, exciting his desire to prove himself rather than simply rescue the Greeks.
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Jiang claims Achilles' speech gives Patroclus hubris by implying he can win eternal glory and perhaps surpass Achilles, while omitting the real danger of Hector.
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He argues that Achilles benefits if Patroclus dies because Patroclus' death gives Achilles the perfect excuse to reenter battle and win glory.
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Iliad characters are treated as living, breathing persons whose speeches reveal memories, origins, desires, and futures rather than as merely fictional figures.
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Hubris is identified as the great killer in tragedy: Achilles, Agamemnon, Patroclus, and Hector are presented as figures who suffer or die because of hubris.
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Jiang interprets Achilles as sacrificing Patroclus to make his return to battle possible, which means Achilles has done evil onto Patroclus and will receive evil in turn.
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Achilles engineers a situation in which Patroclus can die and Achilles can re-enter the war as the glory-winning savior.
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"Aeneas, ferocious in armor, stood there, still, shifting his gaze, and held his sword arm back, holding himself back, too, as Tarnas's words began..."
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"Wait, sorry, Pallas, Pallas is the version of Patroclus. Remember how Patroclus died and that enraged Achilles. Well, Pallas is a friend of Aeneas..."
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"...subconscious level. And what Achilles does is... He says something to Patroclus, which as I said before, it's very weird what he says to..."
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"Okay, stop, okay? This is what's happening. Achilles is implanting into Patroclus some new ideas. And these new ideas is, oh my god, Patroclus,..."
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"...almost impossible to see to the naked eye. But it dooms Patroclus. Okay? Because what it does, it tells Patroclus. Patroclus, you have the..."
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"...The Greeks don't see this. The gods can't see this. But Patroclus himself can't see this. And Achilles himself doesn't know he's doing this...."
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"...has a living present and future by reading the speech of Patroclus you understand his memories you understand where he came from what he..."
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"they are conceived the good affections are strengthened by pity indignation terror and sorrow and the exact calm is prolonged from the satiety of..."
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"...to apologize. So Achilles, what does he do? Well, he sacrifices Patroclus. Right? It's the death of Patroclus that enables Achilles to go fight..."
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"...beg Achilles to come fight. Achilles says no. And he sends Patroclus to figure out what's going on. And Patroclus comes out and says,..."
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"...plain. Victors bring the Argive armies to their knees. Even so, Patroclus, fight disaster off the ships. Fleeing yourself as a Trojan's full force..."
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"...then what happens is achilles he's so nervous that he sends patroclus who is his lieutenant to go talk to the greeks and say..."
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The Iliad begins as a war of wills and ends as a metaphysics of love: memory is emotion, poetry is consciousness in motion, forgiveness defeats revenge, and forced perspective-switching becomes the big bang of...
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A source-grounded reading of the Iliad as self-recognition: Achilles becomes a mirror for humiliation and pride, Homeric speech tries to control reality, and the ancient poet becomes prophet and teacher because truth is beautiful,...
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang’s lecture on Homer as the big bang of Greek civilization: empire turns writing into control, the polis turns speech into civic training, and the Iliad turns war into the...
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Greek civilization begins as a reversal: chaos, illiteracy, and poverty force the polis, the alphabet, and Homer, until poetry teaches a new human being how to see, feel, and think.
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