Matthew, your summary delves into the deep most worthy of conversation. How and what is the impact of and long term implication of death. Where do souls rest, can they rest. I particularly like the nod to the distinction and differentiation from Christian beliefs. In a sense, holding the "individual" in their own stance of accountability, Ajax, as an example. A looking back at decisions made and implications unforseen.
Memory, its longevity offered through ritual and storytelling is a powerful insight. That community undertone I feel is lost in the current of today. Even the storytelling of Odysseus as the spirits surround and overwhelm is significant and adds to the idea of having a voice. How that voice can be shuffled to the background making it not a voice at all or permitted an opportunity to present itself. How the sword gives way or blocks. And I am overwhelmed how the sword has that power - both in actual and in metaphor.
The description Anticleia offers of death, its impact on the body, "... sinews no longer bind the flesh and bones together -- ..." if both haiting and a matter of fact realism.
So many options to consider in this chapter with regard to spirits and our personal conversations with the dead, their longevity or forgottenness.
Just brilliant, Matthew. You rival any classicist in your explication
The Achilles passage never fails to hit hard.
Matthew, your summary delves into the deep most worthy of conversation. How and what is the impact of and long term implication of death. Where do souls rest, can they rest. I particularly like the nod to the distinction and differentiation from Christian beliefs. In a sense, holding the "individual" in their own stance of accountability, Ajax, as an example. A looking back at decisions made and implications unforseen.
Memory, its longevity offered through ritual and storytelling is a powerful insight. That community undertone I feel is lost in the current of today. Even the storytelling of Odysseus as the spirits surround and overwhelm is significant and adds to the idea of having a voice. How that voice can be shuffled to the background making it not a voice at all or permitted an opportunity to present itself. How the sword gives way or blocks. And I am overwhelmed how the sword has that power - both in actual and in metaphor.
The description Anticleia offers of death, its impact on the body, "... sinews no longer bind the flesh and bones together -- ..." if both haiting and a matter of fact realism.
So many options to consider in this chapter with regard to spirits and our personal conversations with the dead, their longevity or forgottenness.