artsandmeta

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   by artsandmeta 8y ago

   I see, I misunderstood you and thought you were suggesting that the Iliad was in fact a "sacred text." I see know you were not saying that. I like several of your other comments: > Homer is often thought to be describing eve
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   by artsandmeta 8y ago

   You are welcome. I love thinking and discussing mythology and religion. > It did not seem to me that gods would be source of justice. They are source of power and have own politics that is independent of right and wrong. In general, I a
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   by artsandmeta 8y ago

   I apologize for the double reply. I am not familiar with how HN comments work, and it doesn't seem to let me edit my earlier comment. TO your point: my example about justice in ancient Greece is clearly not a timeless moral lesson, si
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   by artsandmeta 8y ago

   I think there are some morals in the Odyssey. For example, the assembly at Ithaca in book 2 provides some insight into justice in ancient Greece. Telemachus appears to escalate through three authorities. First, is his own strength, second i
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   by artsandmeta 8y ago

   > I think the writer sells short the comparison of Homer to the bible. It goes a lot deeper than "the one book everyone knows." I didn't get the feeling that the author sold short the analogy between the Bible and the Ilia