Make amends
But I also find some fascinating about the Elliot… Obviously the Elliot as a text is not perfect, but it does show a deep inside about the ancient Greeks, their way of life, their ethos etc.
And what is really really fascinating is that in terms of their humanity, it is practically indistinguishable from ours in the year 2024 exclamation point all of the petty rivalries, jealousy, dramas, all the same! It seems that emotionally and socially, we haven’t changed that much in the last five years or so.
Therefore my suggestion is when you study the Iliad, or read it… Try to think the two things:
What is absent, and not mentioned in the text?