Trojan War: The Podcast
EPISODE 8 “FINDING ACHILLES”
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editor: Podcast
- Duración: 1:04:10
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Sinopsis
THE STORY: (49 minutes) Agamemnon doesn’t dare launch his invasion of Troy until Achilles - Greece’s very own “weapon of mass destruction” – is part of the operation. So Odysseus, the cleverest of the warlords, is dispatched to find the elusive Achilles. Act One of today’s episode is a cleverly constructed mystery. And Act Two? Well, let’s just say that Act Two is more than a bit of a drag. THE COMMENTARY: ACHILLES, THE OPERA! (15 minutes; begins at 49:00) Stories, myths and legends are like any other element of fashion; they wax and wane in popularity over the decades and centuries. In this episode of post-story commentary I explore the “Achilles on Skyros” story. The story, ancient enough that Homer makes passing mention of it in The Iliad (c. 700 B.C.E.) is a wonderfully light and inconsequential moment of candyfloss inside the massive story arc that is the Trojan War Epic. And the story, as a consequence, has been largely ignored by artists. Except for a hundred year span in the 18th centur