Homer
3.72 of 5 Votes: 1
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review 1: I really enjoyed The Iliad by Homer, I thought the plot was engrossing despite difficult to comprehend at times, as so much happened, I had to put down the book to run through what I had just read. I also found it hard to differentiate between POV's at times. With it being one of...
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review 1: The Illiad, by Homer in my opinion one of the worlds first tales to describe a lot of different feelings, emotions, and themes. It consists of a collection of many different tales. All of them describe the Trojan War. Originaly The Illiad wasn't written, but was told in the form ...
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review 1: I've been reading this book since January, mostly along with the Classics and the Western Canon group on Goodreads (though I did go ahead and finish a bit early because I just. Had. To. Be. Done.). I initially thought the two-books-a-week pace would allow me to wallow in the poet...
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review 1: I read the version originally translated by E.V. Rieu, later revised and updated by Peter Jones and D.C.H. Rieu.The Illiad wasn't the easiest of reads. The language takes a bit of time to get your head around and a number of characters have the same names.I wanted to read it as ...
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review 1: This was such a beautiful, intense work to read. I wasn't a fan of some of the explicitly gory descriptions, which were difficult for me to stomach, but I otherwise loved this book. I have never read an epic poem before, but this was a great start. I absolutely love the character...