Why teach Classics in the 21st century? | Poppy Das | TEDxFrancisHollandSchoolSloaneSquare

[Applause] Wrath sing goddess of the wrath of Achilles. That line raises some questions. No.Who is the goddess. Why should you care about Achilles. Who is this Achilles.And why is he so angry. There are so many things you could explore about the opening of Homer's Iliad, which is where that quote is from, by the way. But what I'd like to focus on is why do we still know that line.Why can we still read the Iliad at all. I mean, the thing was written 2,000 years ago, and any one of you could head into a water ...