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carolina_antunes 's review for:
The Iliad
by Homer
It's been almost a year since I started reading this and my overall takeaway from it is that this is a pain in the ass to read. That doesn't mean that the story itself isn't interesting, because it is, but this is supposed to be told orally, and reading just wasn't it.
As I learned briefly in university (which is the only reason why I read this in the first place), the repetitions and the epithets given to each character act as a "checkpoint" for the person telling the story to remember everything and that was one of the things that made me struggle to keep reading, that, and the fact that I'm not the biggest fan of epic poems or poetry in general (only mister Camões and Os Lusíadas have a special place in my heart).
Moving past all that, once you understand what you are reading you can really appreciate it. The values of honor and pride were a very interesting aspect, just like the interference of the gods with the mortals, and the violent and gruesome way the war is described also stood out to me.
I feel like I had a lot to say about this but I just don't remember shit anymore lol.
Side notes: What the fuck is up with the stabbing through the nipples!?
Athena is a baddie and doesn't like daddy Zeus, relatable.
As I learned briefly in university (which is the only reason why I read this in the first place), the repetitions and the epithets given to each character act as a "checkpoint" for the person telling the story to remember everything and that was one of the things that made me struggle to keep reading, that, and the fact that I'm not the biggest fan of epic poems or poetry in general (only mister Camões and Os Lusíadas have a special place in my heart).
Moving past all that, once you understand what you are reading you can really appreciate it. The values of honor and pride were a very interesting aspect, just like the interference of the gods with the mortals, and the violent and gruesome way the war is described also stood out to me.
I feel like I had a lot to say about this but I just don't remember shit anymore lol.
Side notes: What the fuck is up with the stabbing through the nipples!?
Athena is a baddie and doesn't like daddy Zeus, relatable.