Joel
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Joel
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Antiquity. Cats and kids. Books. Humanities. Education. NY/MA/TX

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7. So, when Diomedes says that he doesn’t remember his father (222), we might be able to argue that Glaukos is counting on this: Diomedes knows some object left behind in his family’s home, but cannot confirm or deny the story Bellerophon says.

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Mind Reading and Stolen Wits: The Encounter of Diomedes and Glaukos in Iliad 6
One of the most iconic scenes of the Iliad is the exchange between Glaucus and Diomedes in book 6. This scene comes in the middle of book 6, in part as a delaying technique while Hektor travels int…
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December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
6. Just as everyone knows who Diomedes is, they also seem to know his famous father as one of the failed Seven against Thebes
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
5. This narrative confirms Diomedes’ sentiment that anyone can fall out of favor, while also bulking up Glaukos’ heroic profile and providing him an out clause (xenia)
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
4. Then, Glaukos tells an elaborate tale about his ancestry that links up with Diomedes’ grandfather, concluding that Bellerophon “became hateful to the gods” (using the same language as Diomedes at line 200)
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
3. Diomedes prefaces his question of Glaukos’ identity by telling him a story of how Lykourgos messed with the gods and regretted it, providing a bit of a proverbial lesson by concluding that no one lasts long “once they have become hateful to the gods”
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
2. Everyone among the Trojans knows that Diomedes has been tearing it up in the field and that few can meet him.
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
ugh. no.
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
gonna start with Melpomene and move my way up
December 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I am left with half finished versions swirling in my mind
December 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Reposted by Joel
Curious about this text? Check out this blog post by @blindscholar.bsky.social, who covers the work in "Reading Creation Myths Economically in Ancient Mesopotamia and Israel"

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Book Release—Free to Read for Two Weeks!
My new Element, Reading Creation Myths Economically in Ancient Mesopotamia and Israel, has now been released in the Cambridge Elements in Ancient and Premodern Economies series. Elements are short …
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December 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
tell me more!
December 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM