mother duck said Quack, quack quack quack.. You all know how this story ends. Tragic, wot? Anyway, saw Troy, twas good. *wibbles* Hector!! *cries* It makes me sad. Full. Sadful.
I should hope to be quite aware of that, since I am currently studying Greek Verse Literature. I meant to ask whether it was directly based on that tale, or whether it was based upon something based upon it.
Oh... sorry. I dont know what it is based on, It has most of the elements of the standard Troy story, Plus a few odd features, such as Archilles. Unless he is in the tale normally?
No problem. Well, I don't know. There is a Hero by the name of Achilles in the normal tale, with a pretty important part. Tell me: is there a heroine by the name of Xanthe or Cassandra? Which side of the field are you getting the story from?
I saw the movie the other day. I think I need to go back to the old Greek mythology. There is no heroine, apart from Helen, who isnt really a heroine... Was Archilles instumental in the battle? Cos he was in the movie, tho they didnt go into his heel thing.
He was pretty immensely instrumental in the battle, since he was the best Greek hero by far - son, if I recall, of Zeus and a nymph. Okay, I see. Maybe my suspicions were unfounded, then. I would have liked a closer examination of Cassandra, daughter (#4/50, was it?) of Priam.
They didnt mention Archilles' parents more than in passing unfortunately, I would have liked to see their take on it. It is mentioned that his mother was a goddess (possibly), and that his father is dead, but all in passing.
Very strange indeed, since in the original tale Thetis, the river nymph and his mother, actually intercedes before the gods a couple of times in his behalf.
No problem. That site has a very good number of books whose copyright has expired. Try, for instance, Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit, or Jane Austen's Persuasion.
*realises that commenting at the end of a thread may be slightly inethical..* Heheh. For some reason, I find the idea of copyright expiration hugely amusing. The year copyright expires on a piece of [decent] literature comes around, and people fall on it like a pack of rabid dogs... muahahahah....
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Trojan Horse and the rest, you know.
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I dont know what it is based on, It has most of the elements of the standard Troy story, Plus a few odd features, such as Archilles.
Unless he is in the tale normally?
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I think I need to go back to the old Greek mythology.
There is no heroine, apart from Helen, who isnt really a heroine...
Was Archilles instumental in the battle? Cos he was in the movie, tho they didnt go into his heel thing.
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I can see I'll have to dig out some old books on Greek Mythology.
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http://textual.net/access.gutenberg/14/Homer#selectsite
I do live in the UK, so you will want to change the download site. Enjoy.
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Thankyou.
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Heheh. For some reason, I find the idea of copyright expiration hugely amusing. The year copyright expires on a piece of [decent] literature comes around, and people fall on it like a pack of rabid dogs... muahahahah....
eheh.
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Do explain the amusement further, won't you?
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Oh, I don't know. I just have this image of people with nothing to do sitting, waiting for copyright to expire... amusing.
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