Notes on Ilios
Last updated on 2014-10-01
About the Book
I have retired this and Ilios because I don't have time to fix up all the problems I've come to be aware of in Ilios, and I don't want anyone else downloading either of them until I do have time.
Chapter-by-chapter notes on Ilios, pointing out all the places where I diverged from the original myths, and explaining many cases where I used lesser-known variations instead of the more standard texts.
Released for free, because how could I possibly ask anyone to pay for something like this?
Unlikely to make the least bit of sense if you haven't read Ilios, however.
I should point out that this is in need of an update. Mostly because somehow the Achilleis of Statius had somehow slipped under my radar, so I couldn't address it in my notes. Now that I know about it, I can correct my statement that no ancient author made Lycomedes ignorant of the fact that Achilles was actually a boy, because Statius did, in fact, make Lycomedes ignorant of Achilles' true gender. (That's probably the biggest change that will be made in the next update, adding that information...)
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- “Artemis”
- “Peleus”
- “Thetis”
- “Hermes”
- “Paris”
- “Aethra”
- “Menelaos”
- “Pyrrha”
- “Helenos”
- “Calchas”
- “Telephos”
- “Iphigenia”
- “Protesilaos”
- “Cycnos”
- “Antenor”
- “Troilos”
- “Aeneas”
- “Palamedes”
- “Chryses”
- “Agamemnon”
- “Zeus”
- “Helen”
- “Athene”
- “Diomedes”
- “Teukros”
- “Phoinix”
- “Nestor”
- “Polydamas”
- “Antilochos”
- “Patroclos”
- “Meriones”
- “Briseis”
- “Hector”
- “Iphis”
- “Priam”
- “Penthesileia”
- “Achilles”
- “Memnon”
- “Apollo”
- “Aias”
- “Pyrrhos”
- “Philoctetes”
- “Oenone”
- “Odysseus”
- “Neoptolemos”
- “Laocoon”
- “Idomeneus”
- “Deiphobos”
- “Demophon”
- “Anchises”
- “Talthybios”
- “Cassandra”
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