The walls and towers of Troy
Three triologisms demonstrating the strength of the protective masonry encasing Troy; the first being in the mouth of Agamemnon, chief...
Sisal-ball head
Thersites is a stirrer and a loudmouth, insinuating here, undermining there. Toxic team-wrecker, until Odysseus speech-swats him like a bothersome...
Of wine-blue water
The first time I read of the wine-blue Greek sea, I was baffled. However, I took a second translation to...
Modern weapons meet ancient war
Logue regularly brings modern imagery into an account of ancient war. The Trojan war was a Bronze Age fight, yet...
Free to go
Please, if you read and enjoy this vivid metaphor, do me the favour of using it at least once so...
Troy the spoiler
Agamemnon appealing to God with a sour grape Greek’s spitting contempt for the Trojans, like a school yard bully’s name-calling...
From Troy to Chicago
Some of the Greek warriors occasionally behave like gangsters, so I liked this 1920s image of a gangster in a...
Fortune’s favour
This reminds me of an anonymous Elizabethan verse which I cite from memory:
'Lift up thy heart and courage...
Blank-eyed face
A shield features a terrifying Gorgon's head to project fear and dread onto any assailant. Elsewhere, that same blank-eyed stare...
Remember to eat
An amazingly intricate way to remind you to eat, no matter what the gods are hurling at you. Artemis is the...
Poikilometis
Nicolson refers to this word, used to describe Odysseus, and translates it as ‘dapple-skilled, with so much woven into him...
Handsome-bodied warriors
Ah, it all boils down to wounded pride and vexation over the loss of a woman. Achilles withdraws from the...
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