CLAS 55 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Meleager, Tantrum, Tanya Huff
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Agamemnon suggests to leave now this time he"s being serious? . Diomedes stands forth and says that he will not go and cowardly agamemnon should go if he wishes, but he will stand and fight. Agamemnon is depressed and diomedes is taking charge. Nestor tells agamemnon to host a feast for the people to make everybody more relaxed and be prepared. Nestor phrases everything in a way to be courtesy to agamemnon to use supplication and gifts to persuade achilleus to come back. Pity (old english ruth i. e. ruthless) is the humanizing emotion, without pity then you are not human; pity is used for bonding humans and community. Achilles isn"t promised much because he is destined to die in battle. Achilles wants agamemnon to grovel at his feet, but agamemnon can"t do that because he is the king and a king does not bow to anyone not even his best warrior.
