
Reginald Dwayne Betts
American poet
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Jul 20, 2026
Dwayne Betts on the Iliad
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Dwayne BettsGUEST
Although, I mean, although Eliot, you know, reminds you that sometimes you don't get repaid.

Dwayne BettsGUEST
And I actually think the, the, the son writing about the father is also thinking about the fact that you don't get paid because sometimes the very people who should see your generosity and your love in what you've done.

Dwayne BettsGUEST
Priam is constantly concerned with that about all of his sons, including Paris.

Dwayne BettsGUEST
You know, his sons have literally brought ruin to the family, all but Hector, which is also one of the deeply profound reasons why he's distraught because he is in some way not a, a, a, an, a, he's in some way a honest man constantly telling his sons how, how they are just, like, not good human beings, and that's why he's so disappointed in them and, and devastated with Hector's death.

Dwayne BettsGUEST
But I, I, I, I also just think that, um, we say, you know, you can't know, except literature gives you some kinda sense of it.
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