{"id":8984,"date":"2006-03-11T09:34:11","date_gmt":"2006-03-11T16:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/03\/11\/trojan-points.html"},"modified":"2006-03-11T09:34:11","modified_gmt":"2006-03-11T16:34:11","slug":"trojan_points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/03\/11\/trojan_points.html","title":{"rendered":"Trojan points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A great new blog, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/underodysseus.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Under Odysseus<\/a>,&#8221; wherein Eurylochus tells, day by day about activities serrving under Odysseus in the Trojan Wars.  <a href=\"http:\/\/underodysseus.blogspot.com\/2006\/03\/xxi.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Unfortunately, in addition to the Trojan guards and villagers around the fire, there was also some shepherd boys scattered about, looking after the peasant livestock.<\/p>\n<p>One of these boys shot an arrow into Patroclus\u2019 face.<\/p>\n<p>Although it was a flesh wound, sticking only into his cheek, Patroclus was no longer able to maintain his stealthy composure. Polites said that Patroclus let out a torrent of slurred explicative, initiated by a thunderous: \u201cMuvver of Zeuf! Fuckin Harpy Shif!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To make matters worse, Patroclus\u2019 fury did little to dissuade the adolescent archers. Soon a rain of underpowered arrows began to fall upon Odysseus and his men.<\/p>\n<p>Things got worse.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Adding this to my regular read.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/remainder\/06\/03\/10561.html\" target=\"_blank\">kottke<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A great new blog, &#8220;Under Odysseus,&#8221; wherein Eurylochus tells, day by day about activities serrving under Odysseus in the Trojan Wars. Fun. 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