Were there no backstabbers mentioned in 'The Iliad'?
I've still not read it. I'e got a copy of Lattimore's translation with me here though.
Um, let's think. There was straight out rivalry between Achilles and Agamemnon over a woman, but that's gone on since blokes had dicks. There was lots of sacrificing, eating, sleeping, Nestor ranting, then some fighting, and Hector getting killed, then the burial of Achilles's bumchum Patroclus, and a bit of sport.
The Odyssey was all about disguise and lying, as Odysseus realises he has to be literally "no one" to outwit all manner of creatures en route to Ithaca, then pretend to be a beggar to get entry to his palace and outwit/slay Penelope's suitors. But there wasn't an Iago-type there, as far as I can think.
I can't even remember what sparked this thread off. I was ratarsed. I think I was reading some Marxist bollocks.
A man with a taste for all things literary reading Marxist bollocks? Better be careful old bean. That shit will blunt your imagination in no time at all.
It's pretty interesting stuff.
In fact, all of the 'banned' Gospels are interesting, mainly because of the fact that they're largely opposed to what the Church would have us believe. The Gospel of Thomas is probably the main one to get yer teeth into, if you're so inclined.
A man with a taste for all things literary reading Marxist bollocks? Better be careful old bean. That shit will blunt your imagination in no time at all.
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Um, let's think. There was straight out rivalry between Achilles and Agamemnon over a woman, but that's gone on since blokes had dicks. There was lots of sacrificing, eating, sleeping, Nestor ranting, then some fighting, and Hector getting killed, then the burial of Achilles's bumchum Patroclus, and a bit of sport.
The Odyssey was all about disguise and lying, as Odysseus realises he has to be literally "no one" to outwit all manner of creatures en route to Ithaca, then pretend to be a beggar to get entry to his palace and outwit/slay Penelope's suitors. But there wasn't an Iago-type there, as far as I can think.
Yep, and you could bring all kinds of theological arguments into play, that he was facilitating mankind's salvation, etc.
Right, that's me done on this topic.
A man with a taste for all things literary reading Marxist bollocks? Better be careful old bean. That shit will blunt your imagination in no time at all.
It's pretty interesting stuff.
In fact, all of the 'banned' Gospels are interesting, mainly because of the fact that they're largely opposed to what the Church would have us believe. The Gospel of Thomas is probably the main one to get yer teeth into, if you're so inclined.
Followed closely by Caliban and Bill Clinton.
Only if you agree with it.