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Kosmos Society Book Club | The Tears of Achilles

“In an epic text, how were poets able to represent emotion? How can we understand today their way of speaking? Did Achilles “copy” the behavior of warriors from those distant times? Or might it be the reverse: did the epic influence certain real behaviors?” This month’s Book Club selection is taken from Hélène Monsacré: The Tears of Achilles, newly available online at CHS in an English translation. Read more

Kosmos Society Book Club | The Tears of Achilles

“In an epic text, how were poets able to represent emotion? How can we understand today their way of speaking? Did Achilles “copy” the behavior of warriors from those distant times? Or might it be the reverse: did the epic influence certain real behaviors?” This month’s Book Club selection is taken from Hélène Monsacré: The Tears of Achilles, newly available online at CHS in an English translation. Read more