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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I thought Emily Wilson did a great job translating a book that, overall, I find much less interesting than the Odyssey. The 3.5 hour long intro and translators note were super interesting for gaining historical setting, and for understanding the choices that Wilson made in taking on the translation. I thought that the iambic pentameter worked very well overall, using a meter with a long history in English to bring the work to flowing life, evoking the poetical and song-like qualities of the original. That said, the Iliad is so much of this person killed that person and spilled his guts etc etc etc, that it was hard for me to get too attached to the story or the characters. I was also surprised by how many things that we think of as part of the Troy story that don't happen in The Iliad. I'm definitely going to read Wilson's Odyssey soon.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
DNF at 66%
Shvatam da je ovo klasik i to stoji, ali Ilijada je sastavljena većinski od stvari kao što su borbe, rat, čast, borbe, ovaj je sin ovoga a on je sin onoga a taj je prijatelj ovoga, pa borbe, hrana, žrtve, borbe, klanje nedužnih, krađa, zarobljavanje žena i djece, borbe... Shvatate poentu.
Ovu fusnota - ''Čitavo deseto pjevanje stoji u posve labavoj svezi s pjevanjima koja su pred njim i s onima koja su za njim; ono bi se moglo izlučiti, i ne bi se opazilo da što u Ilijadi nedostaje.'' - bi vam trebala sve reći o tome kakva je ovo knjiga.
'Junaci' toliko pričaju da dok se govor završi, ja zaboravim koji je uopće junak pričao.
Nemamo u ovoj knjizi Trojanskog konja ali eto, imamo Ahileja i njegove komplekse.
Shvatam da je ovo klasik i to stoji, ali Ilijada je sastavljena većinski od stvari kao što su borbe, rat, čast, borbe, ovaj je sin ovoga a on je sin onoga a taj je prijatelj ovoga, pa borbe, hrana, žrtve, borbe, klanje nedužnih, krađa, zarobljavanje žena i djece, borbe... Shvatate poentu.
Ovu fusnota - ''Čitavo deseto pjevanje stoji u posve labavoj svezi s pjevanjima koja su pred njim i s onima koja su za njim; ono bi se moglo izlučiti, i ne bi se opazilo da što u Ilijadi nedostaje.'' - bi vam trebala sve reći o tome kakva je ovo knjiga.
'Junaci' toliko pričaju da dok se govor završi, ja zaboravim koji je uopće junak pričao.
Nemamo u ovoj knjizi Trojanskog konja ali eto, imamo Ahileja i njegove komplekse.
Read it for the first time in college but feel now I have really read it. Greatly aided by listening to Prof. Vandivers course.
I was already familiar with most of the story and events, which was good because I think I picked the wrong translation for me to properly enjoy it. It became quite - dare I say it - boring to only read about war and conflict, and I feel a translation in verse might've at least given it a bit of a poetic twist. But past me really wanted to read a prose translation, so that was what I had on my shelves. Still, an utter classic that I'm happy to have finally read.
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honestly, having finally read this, i'm even more mad at the people who insist that achilles and patroclus aren't gay.