The Subtlety of HomerThe Subtlety of Homer presents a collection of readings of passages from the Iliad and the Odyssey. The thrust of the readings is that these poems were thought out more carefully than even their most ardent admirers have realized. One aspect is that certain apparent flaws, including poorly motivated actions of Achilles in the Iliad and of Odysseus and Penelope in the Odyssey, disappear when one grasps the subtlety of Homeric plot development. The