Heroes of the Blogosphere

More discussion on the question which of three Homeric characters come off better in the modern day--Achilles?  Hector?  Odysseus?  First, from Brad DeLong, "The Best of the Achaeans" (including consideration of the movie Troy); then, Mark Kleiman, "Against Odysseus" (including question of poisoned arrows); then over to Matthew Yglesias, back to Kleiman; Grammar.police goes off toward Aeneas...  Who said liberals were not interested in the Classics?