Hey guys, I was assigned as a dog, so I will argue that Griffith is wrong that the jokes he’s been reading in Iliad and Odyssey aren’t really there.
Griffith provided several passages in the Iliad that involved humour to exam the humorous in Greek Epic, however, these jokes seem not exist if we interpret them in another aspect. The scene in Book Nineteen, lines 380b-424 that when Achilles returns to the battle after the death of his best friend. Achilles blames the horses for his own failing which cause the death of Patroclus’ fault and surprisingly, the horse speaks to Achilles and sticks up for itself. The talking horses seems funny and absurd, but it somehow reflects the unfairness of this accusation. And as mentioned in the video, Modern
Griffith provided several passages in the Iliad that involved humour to exam the humorous in Greek Epic, however, these jokes seem not exist if we interpret them in another aspect. The scene in Book Nineteen, lines 380b-424 that when Achilles returns to the battle after the death of his best friend. Achilles blames the horses for his own failing which cause the death of Patroclus’ fault and surprisingly, the horse speaks to Achilles and sticks up for itself. The talking horses seems funny and absurd, but it somehow reflects the unfairness of this accusation. And as mentioned in the video, Modern