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The Anger Of Achilles: The Iliad (2009)

by Homer(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0140455604 (ISBN13: 9780140455601)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Penguin Classics

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 of a song by Homer. Who collected all of these tales and combined them into one song. That's very impressing considering this tales length. I recomend this book to those who enjoy greek mythology, and to people who like to think about what they read.
review 2: At first glance, I thought this book was going to talk about war between the Gods, the Greeks, and the Trojans with lots of blood and gore. but at the end, I found this book interesting and had a great time talking about it with m... morey friends. For example, in Book 5; Homer paints a picture of the Greeks and the Trojans fighting against one another, how the Gods are helping them, and how each of their families no matter what side they are on are affected by this war. Beware: There is a lot of characters that is not named in the character list. So, it can get confusing to understand who is on who side and how and why they are affiliated with their chosen side.Most people would think that the Iliad was about Helene and who should she go with-- Menelaus or Paris. But In fact, this story tells us what is going on in the middle of the war starting with Agamemnon and Achilles, and Achilles with Hector and of course with the Gods. The Helene problem is just part of the bigger picture.In the end, this interesting book caught my attention and I will be talking some more with my friends excluding the blood and gore bit. :) less

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