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A review by nacholashow
The Iliad by Homer
5.0
It didn't take THAT long, took a pause after 10th Dec and continued on 15th Jan.
book is pretty, cloth-like but has to be wrapped in order to preserve it. For it's internals, the LONG analysis prior to the actual book, was also very insightful.
Reading throughout, although some aspects were intentionally repetitive, Homer has a sense of narrative and internal emotional introspection. The last few chapters, was what sold it for me. God's having beef however human it seemed, was interesting to me bc it was my first intentional dive (head in) into Greek mythos.
Definitely worth the read for Homer's ability describing interpersonal combat sequences, painting a harrowing image of war, destiny, consequences, death and life, human/god politics, belief system, subversion of expectations and more.
I have to admit however, it took me WAY longer than expected bc of the translation and some paragraphs had to reread several times in order to grasp Homer's pov. Glad I am to finish this, Odyssey and Aeneid sometime in the future.
book is pretty, cloth-like but has to be wrapped in order to preserve it. For it's internals, the LONG analysis prior to the actual book, was also very insightful.
Reading throughout, although some aspects were intentionally repetitive, Homer has a sense of narrative and internal emotional introspection. The last few chapters, was what sold it for me. God's having beef however human it seemed, was interesting to me bc it was my first intentional dive (head in) into Greek mythos.
Definitely worth the read for Homer's ability describing interpersonal combat sequences, painting a harrowing image of war, destiny, consequences, death and life, human/god politics, belief system, subversion of expectations and more.
I have to admit however, it took me WAY longer than expected bc of the translation and some paragraphs had to reread several times in order to grasp Homer's pov. Glad I am to finish this, Odyssey and Aeneid sometime in the future.