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... Odysseus triumphs over Aias in the competition for the armor of Akhilleus , it does not matter that Aias may have done more to deserve it . The simple fact is that Odysseus won it and thus enjoys the greater kleos . Aias ac- cepts this ...
... Odysseus triumphs over Aias in the competition for the armor of Akhilleus , it does not matter that Aias may have done more to deserve it . The simple fact is that Odysseus won it and thus enjoys the greater kleos . Aias ac- cepts this ...
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... Odysseus " and " not to be understood by Ajax . " 8 Milton disavows Akhillean glory insofar as it is considered merely to indicate renown . Never- theless , he sees himself strong enough to carry the burden of duty , a conviction ...
... Odysseus " and " not to be understood by Ajax . " 8 Milton disavows Akhillean glory insofar as it is considered merely to indicate renown . Never- theless , he sees himself strong enough to carry the burden of duty , a conviction ...
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... Odysseus in The Second Defense ( CP 4 , i , 595 ) . 21. Thucydides , The Peloponnesian War , ed . Benjamin Jowett , 2 vols . ( Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1900 ) , 1 , 133 . 22. C. S. Lewis , A Preface to Paradise Lost ( London : Oxford ...
... Odysseus in The Second Defense ( CP 4 , i , 595 ) . 21. Thucydides , The Peloponnesian War , ed . Benjamin Jowett , 2 vols . ( Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1900 ) , 1 , 133 . 22. C. S. Lewis , A Preface to Paradise Lost ( London : Oxford ...
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