Thread: Turin=Achilles?
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Old 06-28-2009, 05:43 PM   #22
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One of the main reasons that there is no real big war between good and evil in classical mythology is, it is humans mostly. There are gods but if you just focus on what the main race is, then you see why. There is no divine good race like the Elves of Middle Earth, or a race that is pure evil like the orcs.

To address the good and evil of the Iliad, I just view the Greeks as good. I always have. There are several reasons for that. One I lack morals, two I saw what the Greeks were doing as good, three I tend to view groups of people through specific people. I always viewed the Trojans through Paris and the Greeks through Achilles.
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