A Quote About War
There is a quote for today. It is from a site called Abu Muqawama, which comments about the middle east. PG found this site while researching a post about refugees created by the war in Babylon. Pictures are from the ” Special Collections and Archives,Georgia State University Library”.
“The Iliad is ever mindful that war is about men killing or men killed. In the entire epic, no warrior, whether hero or obscure man of the ranks, dies happily or well. No reward awaits the soldier’s valor; no heaven will receive him. The Iliad’s words and phrases for the process of death make clear that this is something baneful: dark night covers the dying warrior, hateful darkness claims him; he is robbed of sweet life, his soul goes down to Hades bewailing its fate. Again and again, relentlessly, the Iliad hammers this fact: the death of any warrior is tragic and full of horror. Even in war, death is regrettable.” Caroline Alexander, The War that Killed Achilles.
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