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  1. Public Bookmark 4

    Rous'd His Drowsy Blood by

    Homer - The Iliad and the Odyssey
    Summary

    The relationship between Achilles and Patroclus, after a particularly unwelcome turn of events. Achilles himself might be the love of his own life but it is the death of Patroclus that stirs him into a certain realisation and action. The title is taken from William Shakespeare's 'Troilus and Cressida'.

    Last bookmarked by arabesque05

    21 Apr 2012

  2. Public Bookmark 1

    Young Agamemnon Sees It Through by

    HOMER - Works, Greek and Roman Mythology
    Summary

    The Trojan War wasn't the first time Helen had to be retrieved from an abductor.

    Last bookmarked by genarti

    17 Nov 2011

  3. Public Bookmark 2

    Unstitching By Firelight by

    HOMER - Works
    Last bookmarked by Zdenka

    13 Feb 2011

  4. Public Bookmark 1

    Ringing Plains of Windy Troy by

    HOMER - Works
    Summary

    Ten years I've lived in the shadow of the black sails, so far from my home across the wine-dark seas.

    Last bookmarked by Zdenka

    13 Feb 2011

  5. Public Bookmark 3

    Ten Years' Wages by

    HOMER - Works
    Summary

    That's the last of them fed, and I've the bowls to scrub, and the salves to make, and Himself to coax into eating. So, I'll just get to that, my Lord, if you'll be kind enough to hand me the bowl while you go?

    Last bookmarked by Tevildo

    30 Dec 2010

  6. Rec 3

    Down All the Days by

    HOMER - Works, The Iliad - Homer, Greek and Roman Mythology
    Summary

    "...but as for fate, I think that no man yet has escaped it/once it has taken its first form, neither brave man nor coward."

    Hector to Andromache, Homer, The Iliad, book 6, 488-9; trans. Richmond Lattimore

    Last bookmarked by Naraht

    29 Dec 2010