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From: "G.I.C. Robertson" <g2robert@watarts.uwaterloo.ca>
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He does claim to feel extraordinary love for her, beyond the expected pride in
the fact of possession: 9.343 'ek thumou phileon, dourikththn per eousan'.

But perhaps there (in his response to Odysseus' entreaty) he's exaggerating
his affection?  Achilleus' resentment against Agamemnon certainly seems to
have deep roots; the 'small but dear' comment comes in a passage where
Achilleus claims that Agamemnon _always_ gets the better prizes.  As Robbins
notes (see my post on Eetion), there's evidence in the poem to support that
claim.

Best,

George


James Butrica wrote:

> >In a message dated 1/30/2003 5:13:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, Steve
> >willett@suac.ac.jp writes:
> >
> >
> >"Chriseis may be a "Medal of Honor," but she is a prize he [?] cherishes,
> >small but dear."
> >
>
> "Dear" (according to the ancient scholia) as being the result of his own
> accomplishments, i.e. as his own prize of war, not because he feels "love"
> for her.
>
> James L. P. Butrica
> Department of Classics
> The Memorial University of Newfoundland
> St. John's NL  A1C 5S7
> (709) 737-7914 / (709) 753-5799 (home)

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