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The role of a killer is an introduction on the second program. A Richard university professor a television lecturer Harvard University will deal with the duel between parents and little else. Helen and of. All readers of The Iliad have felt that the contrast between the bleak camp life of the Greeks and the warm domestic atmosphere the feelings inside the Greeks an expeditionary force. The Trojans inside their doomed city. More than that. The Greek wound is a single man from their families and the Trojans we have most devout. All one vast family parish then Dr. McKay and the others sons and daughters and daughters in law of the king of Troy.
Among them all moves and then I suspect on the strain the cost of the wall. She's been given to Pattis By Aphrodite loving Aphrodite. A strange and tricky got this. The hero says by outa seemed to regarded Aphrodite with a mixture of the Muse spent on Hala. Now Aphrodite has given Helen to pettish to fulfill a promise and banish you to full light minded fickle hearted Pattis has brought the war to Troy by taking though she was meant as his wife and he Pattis was a guest in Minot s house at the time. The judgments of backpackers up in this and they're sick is doomed because of it. Now the truth can it has as before. For this scene Surely using Greek scout a sixth
century B.C. sculpture again apart from the Aphrodite these are not heads of the characters but just great Greek sculpture we see in some way to fit. And who is Spanish. And Helen's. And next to show you Agamemnon brother and Helen's house and many less. And now the people come out of the Trojans bright helmeted. Man killing him and came out of hospital. A fifth century thing for Helen to make coffee and different. And for the position of the head. But Helen is already looking away. And now to a mixture of I'm going to be in that. This is the head of Aphrodite
that head off the entry and if you can see here in Boston. And now lost a pound this foolish man the great. I'm so proud of him and so easily tempted to shoot an ad break a truce. And so we come to reading. I'm going to begin reading from the third book. Now ordered in companies under their chiefs. The Greeks and the Trojans went out to wall. The Trojans came on with a noise like the crying of. That's a guy from the Strongs and endless rain of winter about the Greeks came on in silence breathing angrily and ready every man to give one to another. When the two armies came near together God like Paris.
Came forward this attempt and on the Trojan side. He had a mountain lion skin on his shoulders with his bow and his saw and he was waving to bronze pointed spit and crying out to the best of the Greeks to meet him face to face in deadly fight. When Megan last saw him out in front of the rest like this he was glad of 180 news to see a goat. And he springs upon the dogs and young man come against him. So God was man and asked to see God like status before him he thought he had got his payment from us and now he's crying down in his from his jacket. Back when God patted him his heart gave way and he fell back among his men and out of his life. As a man who sees a snake before him in a mountain hollow steps back and back again
with white face and shaking knees. So did Paris fall back among the Trojans on seeing men alas. I saw him and put shame on him with these ads. Even the hottie Pat it's beautiful to look upon woman met them down. How much better if you had never been better off than to bring shame on us like this. Now the long haired Greeks will often say that how beautiful he had no has no heart in him or cottage. Why is it you who got two men together and sailed across the seas and brought back a daughter of spearmen to be a bit father and city and all the people. Is it too much to face many less now than he is. Why if you took. It would get no help from me all off from the gift of Aphrodite
beauty all your pride when you are down in the dust before him. But try to talk to people all long before this they would have given you a shot of stone. And God lied Pattison said right enough he was just the action a ship builder and so shop off hot is STILL do not throw in my teeth to forgive so golden Aphrodite. No man can book the gifts of the gods from him and no man by his own whim will can win them. But now if you would have me fight many less make the other Trojans and Greeks sit down while he and I fight between them to hell and then all of the treasure and whichever of us wins. Let him take it all and the woman. And ask for you out us be friends again and swear peace together with offerings you live on in deep saw in trial and day to go back home
to us in the lands of the Greeks. So he said and Hector had great joy at his wedge and he went between the armies holding his spear by the middle and keeping back the Trojans with it and they sat down but for a while had a stone scare coming at him from the long haired Greeks. Agamemnon king of band cried hoed Greeks. Right helmeted head has something in his mind to say. They talk and was still then cried. Trojans and Greeks. The Parish through whom this war came up on us. He says they are the Trojans now and the Greeks put down that I was on the fruit for he himself and many less will fight now and then all the treasure which I have but if these two wins let him take it all and the woman and let the rest of us be friends again and swear an oath to piece together.
They were all silent. Then M.F. said Yeah me too now. For into my heart. Most of all have thought OK now at last I think the Greeks and Trojans may go their separate ways. You have undergone much through my wrong and the sin of bad is for whichever of death and fate are waiting. Let him die and the rest fight on no more. So he sent and the Greeks and Trojans what led thinking that rest was coming so they lined their chariots back and took off that arm and put it down on the earth. There was little space between the army is. Now and is a messenger of the Gods looking likely out to see Helen's sister and all the best looking a daughter went to hell and. She found out in her own house working at the great cloth shop thread began to eat the
battles of the taming Trojans and the bronze coated Greeks. Anish came to house and said Come with me now Helen and see the strange doings of the taming Trojans and the bronze coated Greeks. Till now they've been warring upon the plain full of deadly battle but now they're seated resting on their shields with their long spear planted by their sides. Patterson men or less are going to fight. And whoever wins is why you ought to be. So said the goddess and brought into Helen's heart sweet thoughts of men in the ass. And the Mountain House city. So she covered her head with white linen and went out in to us and how to hand maidens went with her and quickly they came to the western gate.
And up. Over the gate. The band of the people was seated with. Them now fighting but very good at talking and then they were seated up on the wall like Chicago's up in a tree keeping their voices going. Now when they saw Helen coming up on the wall they said softly one to another A. Little blame it is the Trojans and Greeks of on the go. So much so it was such a one. Play like the immortal goddess says she is to look upon. But still whatever she is let her go away with their ships and not bring sorrow to us and to our children not to rise. And I said to Helen. Come child take a seat in front of me where you can see our house. When that was on your friends and people. The blame is not yours in my eyes but the God who brought
this war upon us. And Helen said to me. Father of my law. The death had been my pleasure. Before I came here with you all so far away from any less is bad tonight. The friends I had as a go. But that was not to be. And they just have to live. And now I see all the Greeks before me. About two I do not see caste taught in poly to see as my brother. It may be they did not come with the rest from beautiful last idiom own. Or they have no heart now to come into the bath. Yeah I love the shay and I am to them. She did not know what they were. The fruit in the moon. Then the people were quickly seated each by his forces in a place where his arms where
Paris law the head had been put on his beautiful best people well made gods on his legs then on his chest a brass plate and about who showed us he hung his silver and his great strong shield upon his people to wear a helmet with his false crest the crest wave and he took a strong spit out the right size for his hands and many an ass in the same way put on his arm. When they were both ready they went into the space between the armies and took their places shaking Dansby as angrily at each other. Just faddish through his fall shadowing spell and many less issue but the bronze point was done by the strong shield and did not break through. Then many of us lifted up his spear with this prayer to Father Zeus still so keen that we now paid back fat. Pat is who
rung me put him now in my hands so the men took shape with the thought of doing a wrong to their host. So I was saying he threw and hit parish and through the riot shield the spear went through the breast plate onto the shirt at his side but he didn't get away. Their. Main man at last took his sword and hit the hole in the parishes helmet but the sawdust broken into three or four bits in his hand. Then looking out into wide heaven men and bitterly cried. Not one of the Gods is crueler than you. I thought I had parish now but my soul just broken in my hand and I have to recognize it and I have not killed him. With that he sprang on pettish. And took him by the crest of
his helmet and twisted him around and started to drag him towards the Greeks. The Thai ornamented strap of the helmet cutoff parishes breath in his throat. And then a last would have dragged him away and to glory if asked for a died the doctor the Zeus at Don't be quick to see. She brought the strap. And the helmet came away. In man a less strong hand he threw it cleared away to his company among the Greeks who took it up. And sprang back himself to kill perish with his spear about death lifted caddish up. As a goddess may covering him around with a thick cloud. And put him down in his sweet smelling room in Troy
and went to look and in. She found her. On the highway with the women of Troy all around her in the form of an old woman by Helen when she worked. But how the NSA DIA mon Aphrodite took Helen's sweet smelling grass. And shook it. And said. Come with me and. Patterns. I said Come. Come home. Dad he is on his bed. In his own room. With you and then. You would think he'd come death from the bite about the Tube going to a dog's. Or resting. So she said the
tendons within have breast and head. And no to the beautiful neck and the bright eyes of the Goddess and saw what she was and said. What is this. Goddess. Why would you treat me so. Would you give me now to some other man you have taken up with in off than I own now has overcome Pattison I must go with him hey could I. Took his home. You have come to be happy no good. Go on be with kaddish yourself be a goddess no longer. Never again let your feet take you back to Olympus but kept by him and look up to him. Today he makes you his wife and maybe is slave. I will not go to him push him. To ornament that man's bed. All the women of Troy will blame me. And I. Have mentioned love already in my heart.
Then fat Aphrodite said may not thoughtless woman. Or I may hate you. As Even now I love you. And. Then. What would be on hand. It took Helen and she covered her head with the bright white linen and went in silence. See the Trojan Women. And the goddess went before. When they came to the beautiful house of Paris the handmaidens turned again to them. But Helen went into parishes high roof through and laughing after a diety brought to a seat and facing patted. Helen. Dr. Seuss seated herself with eyes turned to one
side and said The Hound Dog. So you are back from the wall. Why were you not killed there by that great fighter who was my husband. You used to say you were a better man than men or less. Strong with your hands and with the spear. Go then and get men unless to fight you again man to man. Maybe you will be wiser not to. Not be long before he kills you with his spin. And Pat it. No more all such words through my heart Helen. Then the left has overcome me now with the thinnest help. But I may do the same to him another day for I too have God's on my side. Come now let us take of joy and love together. Never
before has this so held by heart. No not even when I first took you away from beautiful lesson. And I sailed with you on my ships. And in the island of Crete and they we came together in love. So much now I love you and we take hold of the saying so. He went before to the bed. And Helen with him. So the two were together on the coded bed but man alas ran up and down among the armies looking everywhere. Bad it is. But no one. Of the Trojans or their allies. Had any news of him. Not from where they have voting him out. Oh he was hated by all of them. Black Death. And now. That troops is broken. By
an agent. PANDARUS. I think. Looking Ike a good specimen. Went up to Pandora. And said. Why. PANDARUS. Why not that fly a swift out and out man unless. And when great glory in the eyes of the Trojans and King panics most of all. Will you not get to see a man unless killed. So she said and moved the foolish man's hocked with. Uncovered his polished and made it ready. And the Trojans in front of him held up their shields so that the Greeks could not see what he was doing. He put an arrow never used to fall to the street. Gripping both the add and the
strain. He bent the bow and the string to his breast and. Addle headed to the. Venue. And the strings sang as the out o the men's heads. But God kept two in mind then mentor Nash. Athena turned away the arrow as a mother would drive the fly away from her sleeping child. She guided it to where his arm was thickest. But right through a door way and it caught his eye out of kin only and blood came bringing up. From the end. When Agamemnon saw the dog blood he shook with fear. So did they no less himself till he saw that the arrow head was outside. Then his spit came back into his breast again. With a heavy Agamemnon man and ass.
And the Greeks about them. Too. But man unless said take out the arrow has touch. No dat. page. And Agamemnon and such may be so. But the surgeon must see to the wound and book on it what will take away the pain. And he sent me off the head to bring. The best of the Greeks. And while they were helping men to lash the Trojans made ready. And the Greeks saw themselves again to meet them. As when at the edge of the sounding sea wave after wave comes up to the driving of the West Wind. Out of the deep it sits Cranston is broken on the land with a noise like thunder. And the headline shoots itself. So did the
Greek lions then go into battle. Each chief gave his man that all of us. But the rest said not away. You would not have thought that great they had a voice among them. In such silence they all went through fear out of their chiefs. And as they moved. They are not upon their bodies splashed in the sun. About the Trojans. Ashley. And thousands at the farm of some rich man waiting to be milked so their milk. Without day two of the dead lambs. Show the Trojans made an endless noise throughout. But they had no language. That time was when many. They were people brought together from many lands. Next time.
I have been reading. From the sixth book of The Iliad. Take a look at it if you have a chance. I've been reading more scenes from try. Seeing. Hecht. And of status again. Chiefly of Hector and Andromache his wife and their little. Less than X. X x. In that Hector had named Scott Mann. Yes but the people called him asked an X. Log of the city. They heck. God did try. And we see my hand then and had it. And these scenes in try be going back. To. ACHILLES. Tat from the law in his hot. South. KING Is that.
OK. The wrath of Achilles is an introduction to the Iliad for his second program. A Richards University professor television lecture Harvard University has dealt with a duel between parents and mental iOS. This series is presented by the Lowell Institute cooperative broadcasting Council in the studios of WGBH TV Boston produced and directed by Louis Prado. Small is used in the series Up from the fog Art Museum Harvard and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. The version of The Iliad used while the series is the wrath of Achilles by a Richards published by WW Norton actor and un drama key will be discussed next on the wrath of the killer. This is National Educational Television.
Series
Wrath of Achilles, The: An Introduction to The Illiad
Episode Number
2
Episode
The Duel Between Paris and Menelaus; Helen and Aphrodite
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WGBH Educational Foundation
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Episode Description
In this second episode, "Professor and Lowell Television Lecturer at Harvard University" I. A. Richards reads from the third book of his abridged translation of the Iliad, The Wrath of Achilles. Richards begins with the contrast between the bleak Greek camps and domestic unity of Troy. He moves on to situating the key characters identified in the episode title and to reading portions of the Iliad. The primary camera set-up has Richards reading directly to the camera in close-up and medium close-up. A secondary set-up presents Richards and enlarged images of the statues in the same frame. Summary and select metadata for this record was submitted by John Marx & Mark Cooper.
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Based on the 1958 book The Wrath of Achilles, The Illiad of Homer by I.A. Richards.
Broadcast Date
1958-03-21
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Topics
Literature
Subjects
Homer; Iliad; Sculpture, Greek; Richards, I. A. (Ivor Armstrong), 1893-1979; Troy; Trojan War; Boston, Massachusetts
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00:27:45
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Host: Richards, I. A. (Ivor Armstrong), 1893-1979
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Chicago: “Wrath of Achilles, The: An Introduction to The Illiad; 2; The Duel Between Paris and Menelaus; Helen and Aphrodite,” 1958-03-21, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 16, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-c53dz03527.
MLA: “Wrath of Achilles, The: An Introduction to The Illiad; 2; The Duel Between Paris and Menelaus; Helen and Aphrodite.” 1958-03-21. American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 16, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-c53dz03527>.
APA: Wrath of Achilles, The: An Introduction to The Illiad; 2; The Duel Between Paris and Menelaus; Helen and Aphrodite. Boston, MA: American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-c53dz03527