The Quarrel Over Briseis
Status wars dressed up as principle. The Iliad opens not with a battle but with an argument—and what Agamemnon and Achilles are really fighting over is not Briseis, but who gets to be seen as superior.
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Status wars dressed up as principle. The Iliad opens not with a battle but with an argument—and what Agamemnon and Achilles are really fighting over is not Briseis, but who gets to be seen as superior.
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