05-25-2008, 06:29 AM
Hi all,
I found this; which could be interpreted as an underhand strike (and a stratagem of dropping on to one knee). It is usually interpreted as a heroic combat (but does not match the combat with Sarpedon in the Iliad where he is wounded with a spear (in that instance it is cast not thrust, but then there are never spear thrusts in Homer).
Cheers
Murray
I found this; which could be interpreted as an underhand strike (and a stratagem of dropping on to one knee). It is usually interpreted as a heroic combat (but does not match the combat with Sarpedon in the Iliad where he is wounded with a spear (in that instance it is cast not thrust, but then there are never spear thrusts in Homer).
Cheers
Murray
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\'\'\'\'No matter how many you kill, you cannot kill your successor\'\'\'\' - Seneca to Nero - Dio 62
\'\'\'\'There is no way of correcting wrongdoing in those who think that the height of virtue consists in the execution of their will\'\'\'\' - Ammianus Marcellinus 27.7.9