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The rage of Achilles and the siege of Troy. The poem opens with μῆνις — a word that names the force driving the entire poem.

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The story of Odysseus' return from Troy. The poem opens with 'the man of many turns' — a figure whose identity is motion itself.

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Plato's inquiry into justice, the soul, and the just city. Republic 327a begins with Socrates' descent to the Piraeus — a word that will echo through the whole dialogue.

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