Analysis reveals new insights into Achilles' character in Iliad, suggesting potential Aristotle fragments and highlighting Eustathius' role.
My aim in this essay is to re-examine four bT-scholia of the Iliad, concerning the purported inconsistency of Achilles. Two of these have long been recognized as fragments from the Homeric Problems; but the other two, if my speculations are correct, might be previously unattested Aristotle-fragments. Eustathius plays an important supporting role in understanding these scholia, as do relevant passages in Aristotle’s Rhetoric and especially Poetics.
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