The first word of the first book of western literature is "rage," as the narrator of the Iliad invokes the Muse to help him describe the anger of Achilles towards Agamemnon. The rage, the anger, the outrage at injustice are the motivations of the characters of the Iliad and, more widely, those of the many myths and tragedies the greeks.
Yet, as pointed out Emily Katz Anhalt in Enraged. Why Violent Times Need Ancient Greek Myths even if the myths portray the violence used to bring justice, they do not approve of. The myths of Antiquity...
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