The Corner

Elementary Watson

Jonah, I imagine Peter Watson likes much of the Iliad–all those killing bits–but what is all this Achilles/Hector/Patroclus stuff? And why does Achilles meet with Priam at the end? The interest of the Greeks would be best served by just whacking him.

Historian Richard Brookhiser is a senior editor of National Review and a senior fellow at the National Review Institute.
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