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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6. Just as everyone knows who Diomedes is, they also seem to know his famous father as one of the failed Seven against Thebes

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)

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)

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”

2. Everyone among the Trojans knows that Diomedes has been tearing it up in the field and that few can meet him.

ugh. no.

gonna start with Melpomene and move my way up

I am left with half finished versions swirling in my mind

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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