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If you are familiar with the Iliad, it wouldn't be much of a stretch to say that every man in the Trojan War probably had PTSD. It's one of the most unrelenting
by plants 7y ago
If you are familiar with the Iliad, it wouldn't be much of a stretch to say that every man in the Trojan War probably had PTSD. It's one of the most unrelentingly brutal books I've ever read
- asark 7y agoWhatever the other qualities one may assign to 300, it's the most accurate depiction of the Iliad's action I've seen (yes I know it's not the story of the Iliad). The action portions of the text are basically a series of quick close-ups of guys getting stabbed in the chest by spears, with the occasional bad-ass slow-mo thing or 1v1 fight. Lots and lots of it.
- gdubs 7y agoI second this. The Iliad begins at a very cinematic pace that is very reminiscent of 300. The battle depictions – let's face it, the majority of the book – are relentlessly brutal.
- kevinpet 7y agoIndeed. The level of anatomical detail is something generally only find on the shadier parts of liveleak or a medical journal.
- thrower123 7y agoIt's hard to map modern concepts like PTSD onto ancient cultures. Violence and abuse was commonplace to a degree we can't even comprehend.
- mrec 7y agoThis comes up sufficiently often in the excellent /r/AskHistorians sub that it made their VFAQ [1] list twice. Both linked answers are worth reading. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/vfaq#wiki_ancient_world https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/vfaq#wiki_ancien...