http://arcade.stanford.edu/category/tags/function-of-literature The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en-ac http://arcade.stanford.edu/ghosts-of-war <p>“What? We fought the war for nothing? We suffered so much just for a phantom?” </p> <p>Are these the furious questions of an anti-war protester? A returning Iraq veteran? A disillusioned President Obama? No --Euripides wrote these lines more than two thousand years ago in his play, <i>Helen,</i> a work that cries out about the tricks played on soldiers by the powerful. </p> <p><a href="http://arcade.stanford.edu/ghosts-of-war">read more</a></p> http://arcade.stanford.edu/ghosts-of-war#comments function of literature Helen of Troy Homer iraq War reality and simulacrum http://arcade.stanford.edu/crss/node/815 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:04:43 -0700 Gregory Jusdanis 815 at http://arcade.stanford.edu