The Wrath Economy
Grievance as a business model. Achilles turns down everything Agamemnon offers—because the wrath has stopped being a response to an injury and become a source of identity.
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.
