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Greek Mythology and Religion

Achilles in Vietnam

Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character

by Jonathan Shay

A psychiatrist's reading of the Iliad alongside the testimony of Vietnam veterans, interpreting Achilles' grief and rage in terms of combat trauma. It brought Homer into modern discussions of moral injury.

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