The repetitions that seem peculiar to Iliad’s book 8 are gold, lightning and fire, so you wonder if a poetic logic can be extended between them: gold is of the gods and lightning extends from heaven to earth, a golden cord as it were, and kindles fire on the ground. Fire, threatened by Hector, is produced by lightning, which is wielded by Zeus, and all the accouterments of Zeus are made of gold, which is like lightning not yet set in motion.
q: supposing the unlikely case that this logic is correct, how do you explain the unusual detail we’re given in this book that Nestor’s shield is made of gold?
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