Sons of Zeus

Of Ichor and War 1: Considering the Metaphysics of Homer's Iliad

Scholars of The Iliad—and things such as myself who have plumbed its depths for references to combat mechanics—often sneer at the metaphysics of the poem. But the more I find that a reading of history uncovers ancient truths buried by modern lies and veiled by modern misconceptions, the more I am inclined to take the ancients at their word that the stories of their gods meant something, where not just fables, but symbolic accounts of a higher reality.