Iliad

The Iliad (sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege; the earlier events, such as the gathering of warriors for the siege, the cause of the war, and related concerns tend to appear near the beginning. Then the epic narrative takes up events prophesied for the future, such as Achilles' looming death and the sack of Troy, prefigured and alluded to more and more vividly, so that when it reaches an end, the poem has told a more or less complete tale of the Trojan War. Synopsis[edit] The first verses of the Iliad Achaeans[edit]

Section 1. Critique of Pure Reason Immanuel Kant (1787) Source: Critique of Pure Reason (1787). Norman Kemp Smith version from Chinese University of Hong Kong, with text of Kant's second edition extracted. I. THERE can be no doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience. But though all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it all arises out of experience. The expression 'a priori' does not, however, indicate with sufficient precision the full meaning of our question. In what follows, therefore, we shall understand by a priori knowledge, not knowledge independent of this or that experience, but knowledge absolutely independent of all experience. II. What we here require is a criterion by which to distinguish with certainty between pure and empirical knowledge. Now it is easy to show that there actually are in human knowledge judgments which are necessary and in the strictest sense universal, and which are therefore pure a priori judgments. III. IV. V. 1.

Hecuba Parents[edit] According to Suetonius in The Twelve Caesars, the emperor Tiberius pestered scholars with obscure questions about ancient mythology, with one of his favorites being "Who was Hecuba's mother?"[10] Hecuba in the Iliad[edit] The death of Hector on a Roman sarcophagus, c. 200 AD Hecuba appears six times in the Iliad. Hecuba in other classical works[edit] A third story says that when she was given to Odysseus as a slave, she snarled and cursed at him, so the gods turned her into a dog, allowing her to escape. In another tradition, Hecuba went mad upon seeing the corpses of her children Polydorus and Polyxena. —Inferno XXX: 13–20 Hecuba's children with Priam[edit] Hecuba in popular culture[edit] Hecuba is frequently referenced in classical literature, and in many medieval, Renaissance, and modern works. Hecuba is mentioned in: The name Hecuba or Hecubah appears occasionally: Notes[edit] References[edit] Primary sources[edit] Secondary sources[edit] Tsotakou-Karveli. External links[edit]