What this project is about.
This one is from Book 11.
How long it took to read this (aloud): 2 mins 7s
What it’s “about”: Apollo sees Troy being built, gets a contract to help with that. The Trojan king stiffs Apollo and Neptune (why would you DO that??) and consequences ensue. Hercules sticks his nose in, and gets bennies.
Words I didn’t know: None
Quotable quotes:
It was there Apollo saw Laomedon
At work to build the walls of a new town,
(Armies of men were needed to build Troy);
Help was demanded here, therefore Apollo
Called up the Father of the Seas and the two gods
Disguised as men made terms with Laomedon
To be paid off in gold. The contract signed,
A short time later the job was done, the fee unpaid;
The king denied he owed them anything:
Why should he pay them?
How it lands to my eco-sensibility: xx
Obvious allusions, ways it was used (that I am aware of already) : xx
What I know I didn’t ‘get’: xx
To my knowledge, who’s used it why/how (RACC): xx
Further research questions: xx
Anything else: xx
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