@misc{Zaborowski_Robert_A_2023, author={Zaborowski, Robert}, copyright={Copyright by Polskie Towarzystwo Filologiczne}, address={Wrocław}, howpublished={online}, year={2023}, publisher={Polskie Towarzystwo Filologiczne i Uniwersytet Wrocławski}, language={eng}, abstract={We often hear about Achilles’ wrath as being a central theme of the Iliad and about its destructive character. In my paper I intend to offer a different reading and to make a strong case for his outstanding personality. To do this, after an introduction, I shall, firstly, reconstruct the sequence of events relevant to Achilles’ responses, then I shall make sense of his responses and exploit them in order to set up Achilles’ internal biography. Next, I shall consider the counterfactual in the light of Aristotle’s correctness criteria for anger to see whether any better option was available to Achilles. I conclude by considering Achilles’ mental progress.}, title={A Eulogy of Achilles}, type={text}, doi={https://doi.org/10.34616/e.2023.7.33}, }