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I really enjoyed your observation that Achilles had his prize girl chosen for him because he would have been so tired after the battle.

It is also important to point out--as you rightly did--that Apollo is here called a god of mice. I assume that the plague being carried down is coming to them through mice. I wonder if part of the reason that Achilles calls the assembly, at least in part, is because he of all men would hate to die in that particular way. To die at the hands of a furious Hector would be noble; to die in a puddle of your own filth because of a mouse...well, that's a lot different.

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Timothy Williams's avatar

Pope's translation is my favorite, and I tried to find a good audiobook of it, but all that I heard were much too anodyne. So I recorded my own for the enjoyment of myself and a couple of friends. You'll know after the first thirty seconds if it's for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFwTQQjFBu8&list=PL9YSwRhj00TRNeYnzjxZCGq8PPLLEd9gH&pp=gAQBiAQB

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