Outing the "It" that Thinks: On the Collapse of an Intellectual Ecosystem

R.Scott Bakker (author)

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Title	Outing the "It" that Thinks
Subtitle	On the Collapse of an Intellectual Ecosystem
Contributor	R.Scott Bakker (author)
DOI	https://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0149.1.10
Landing page	https://punctumbooks.com/titles/digital-dionysus/
License	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Copyright	Bakker, R.Scott
Publisher	punctum books
Published on	2016-09-12
Long abstract	Who kills Hector in The Illiad? The easy answer is: Achilles. After all, he was the one who drove his spear through Hector’s neck, who gloried over his dying form, then proceeded to des-ecrate his corpse. But if you read Homer carefully, you see that the death of Hector is in fact a corporate enterprise. We are told shortly after the duel that death and fate seized him and dragged him down. And, even more curiously, we learn that Hector was “struck down at Achilles’ hands by blazing-eyed Athena.”
Page range	pp. 144–160
Print length	17 pages
Language	English (Original)

Who kills Hector in The Illiad? The easy answer is: Achilles. After all, he was the one who drove his spear through Hector’s neck, who gloried over his dying form, then proceeded to des-ecrate his corpse. But if you read Homer carefully, you see that the death of Hector is in fact a corporate enterprise. We are told shortly after the duel that death and fate seized him and dragged him down. And, even more curiously, we learn that Hector was “struck down at Achilles’ hands by blazing-eyed Athena.”