The Divine Council at the Beginning of Iliad 4 In my earlier posts on Iliad 4, I emphasized the opening scene, where Zeus toys with the other gods and entertains the idea of ending the conflict, and one part of the so-called epipolesis, where Agamemnon goes around ‘rallying’ the troops to start the war. I … Continue reading The Rage of Hera and a Dehumanized World