Homer, Iliad
The wrath of Achilles and the tragedy of Troy — the foundation stone of Greek poetry.
Every stat is a checkable fact about the actual book, not a designer's mood. Bars are drawn against the highest value any book reaches.
By levelling up. A book that develops keeps what it knew and learns the rest on its new schedule.
| Lv | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr | Acc | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrath of Achilles | Allegory | Argument | 55 | 100% | 20 |
| 1 | Catalogue of Ships | History | Argument | 45 | 90% | 20 |
| 9 | Silence | Christology | Type shift | — | — | 10 |
| 50 | Speak Greek | History | Status | — | 100% | 5 |
How to read these. In Scholar’s Dream, books argue with each other. Each thing a book can do in a debate is a move, and most moves carry a real quotation — the words the book puts on the table when it uses that move.
Strong against lists the opposing books and arguments a move was written to answer. Used against one of them, it hits much harder than usual: ×2 means twice the normal force, ×4 four times. It is the game’s way of saying: this is the sentence that answers that argument. Open an entry to read why.
Book 2 of the Iliad lists over a thousand ships and every contingent that sailed to Troy — ancient audiences prized the roll-call as history.
Homer, Iliad 2.
In the gameAn exhaustive muster. Exhausting, too.
“Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.”
Homer, Iliad 1.1 (trans. Butler, public domain). The foundational epic of the Trojan War.public domain
In the gameThe oldest opening line in Greek literature, still swinging.
“He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.”
Matthew 27:14 (WEB); cf. Isaiah 53:7.
In the gameSay nothing. Convinces no one — but the next argument lands harder. Raises the user’s Contend, after the pattern of Christ’s silence before his accusers.