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It was a very different world, with very, very different moral codes and virtues. The stoic nature of Nestor's character and his indifference to the horrors looming, are natural for warriors heroes of Homer's time. The Hellenes believed that all great men aspired for "arete" whether attained in life or in death was no different to them. A good companion to those times is Finley's "The World of Odysseus".
um....not sure it's confined to old bumbling men. Or Ancients......plus ça change, etcetera
Thank you Deborah, now I feel better about my actions. We all have our own ways of searching for arete.
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It was a very different world, with very, very different moral codes and virtues. The stoic nature of Nestor's character and his indifference to the horrors looming, are natural for warriors heroes of Homer's time. The Hellenes believed that all great men aspired for "arete" whether attained in life or in death was no different to them. A good companion to those times is Finley's "The World of Odysseus".
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um....not sure it's confined to old bumbling men. Or Ancients......plus ça change, etcetera
Thank you Deborah, now I feel better about my actions. We all have our own ways of searching for arete.
