Book 2 of Homer's 'The Iliad' includes the famous Catalog of Ships and introduces the shrewdness and levelheadedness of Odysseus and Nestor, which are needed to balance the headstrong leadership of Agamemnon. The Story So Far In Book 1 of Homer'sThe Iliad, the setting and basic conflict ...
And the intervention of the gods is certainly a prominent theme. I spent much of the story wondering how anyone could take credit for anything at all, with the gods constantly popping up, giving people advantages or disadvantages, advice and help. I’m currently reading theIliad, so I was ...
his final encounter with another human before he enters the Alaskan wilderness. The epic poems theIliadand theOdysseyboth start similarly, employing a technique the ancients called beginningin medias res —"in the middle of things." ThoughInto the Wildis a nonfiction book (that is, a true stor...
Ancient Greek culture as depicted through The Iliad and The Odyssey happens to depict polarizing examples of motivations, showcasing unbending loyalty and devotion as a source of motivation on one hand, and exhibiting fear and cowardice as another. While I find Ancient Greece’s emphasis on ...
Summary I became interested in reading this book while reading Walden where Henry David Thoreau referred to Homer and the Iliad. I figured if it was good enough for Thoreau, then I should give it a read. I don’t want to get too deeply into the story as it might spoil it for you. ...
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Summary I became interested in reading this book while reading Walden where Henry David Thoreau referred to Homer and the Iliad. I figured if it was good enough for Thoreau, then I should give it a read. I don’t want to get too deeply into the story as it might spoil it for you. ...
This is a gorgeous retelling ofThe Iliadwhich imagines the same events with Patroclus and Achilles as lovers. Achilles is kind of a douche, but Patroclus is such an endearing character, you can’t help but love him. The writing is beautiful and evocative and the story (especially the ending...
I recently reviewed another book that explains that the Odyssey and Iliad are also not likely to have been written by “Homer”. I can write a book on this subject, but I am going to refrain from following this digression. If anybody is curious about the subject, this might be the ...
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