A Bibliophile's Odyssey: Reading The Great Books

A Bibliophile's Odyssey: Reading The Great Books

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Great Books Ep 12: Achilles and Patroclus: Are Best Friends a Cultural Construct or Natural Phenomenon?
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Great Books Ep 12: Achilles and Patroclus: Are Best Friends a Cultural Construct or Natural Phenomenon?

Does everyone have that one person outside their family that they confide everything in and trust completely?

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“.. say all this to Achilles if he will listen to you. Who knows but with heaven's help you may talk him over, for it is good to take a friend’s advice.”

~ The Iliad - Book XI (Samuel Butler Translation. p80 / v800)

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The Iliad Book XI. The war rages on. Key heroes like Diomed are wounded. Paris wounds many with his archery. Hector marches forw…

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