Readalong

The Iliad

Hosted by platosfire
01 Jan 24 - 31 Jan 24
229 participants

About

Welcome to the Ancient World Book Club's reading group for Homer's Iliad!

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Resources

I'll be posting various resources in this forum to help us as we read the Iliad.

Please reply to existing comments rather than starting new ones to keep this section looking tidy and make it easier to use!
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Introductions

Hello everyone! 👋

Since this is our very first book club I thought it would be a good idea to introduce ourselves and get to know our new reading pals a little bit better! Because these things are always a bit awkward, here's a few ideas you can use as prompts:

Name [or a nickname or pseudonym if you'd like to remain anonymous!]
Pronouns
Location
What are you hoping to get out of the Ancient World Book Club?
Have you joined a book club before?
What's the first ancient text you read?
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Book One discussion

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Book Two discussion

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Book Three discussion

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Book Four discussion

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Book Five discussion

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Book Six discussion

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Books 7-24 discussion

We're only reading Books 1-6 as part of this month's reading group, but I thought I'd add a forum for the rest of the Iliad in case any of you are planning to read the whole text and would like a place to talk about it! 
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Guided Discussion for Books 1-6

Discussion prompts for the first six books of the Iliad. 

Feel free to answer as many or as few as you like - just make sure to post your comment in a reply to the question you're answering. 
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