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Book 11

far more friendly to the vultures than their wives.

hell yeah hell yeah these descriptions of war are badass. also the peals of thunder, rain of blood, strife's piercing and dreadful call, the repeated imagery of a lion savaging deer. 11 books in and it finally feels like an epic lol i know i know it's about how war is terrible yet a natural/necessary part of life or w/e but i'm enjoying these descriptions ok

i guess it's kind of cool how the pain of childbirth is compared to agamemnon's wound?

oho, diomedes no longer carrying the achaens on his back. now odysseus is joining him haha

Diomedes spoke. He drew back his long-shadowed spear, then hurled it unerringly. The spear hit Hector,                           on the head, catching his helmet at the very top. Bronze deflected bronze—the spear missed his splendid skin, prevented by the triple layers on the helmet,                             which he’d been given by Apollo. Jumping back, Hector quickly rejoined the massed ranks of his troops. He fell on his knee and stayed there, holding himself up with his strong hand on the ground. Black night hid his eyes.

ah, a fun way to describe blacking out! and then diomedes being like "you only survived that because apollo is buffing you, coward" lmao, honestly diomedes is my fave guy so far. i didn't even remember him from my first read when i was in high school :'3

Odysseus being left alone and being like "uh oh" PFFT

oh but then he's badass, okay

sooo many comparisons of war to defending farmland from animals. i guess it makes sense to relate to the audience?

THE MENTION THAT PATROCLUS' INEVITABLE DEATH BEGINS OH NO

Book 12

Homer's interjections in this book are fun. "The fool!" "How wrong they were!" "It would be hard for me to report all these events," etc.

Hector is so arrogant in The Illiad, I feel like i remember him being much more sympathetic in The Aeneid? Which would make sense given it's from the trojan pov but like. i guess aeneid felt to me more like a narration with relatable chars in it than either illiad or odyssey... it's more modern so maybe that's why....? do i need to reread the aenied too

Oho its The Sign!! also it snowed? did this battle actually take place in winter and all the movies i've watched lie to me lmao

Sarpedon appears!!!

Glorious Hector, his face like night’s swift darkness, leapt inside. The bronze which covered his whole body  was a terrifying glitter. In his hand he held two spears. Once he’d jumped inside the gates, no one moving out to stop him could hold him back, except the gods. From his eyes fire blazed.

:)

Book 13

Zeus: time to slack; Poseidon: haha fuck you; me: yeah fuck you zeus

the two ajaxes talking about 'power in their lower limbs' and being 'ready to wrap conquering hands around their spears'... cough cough

lmao poseidon's backhanded mention of agamemnon, i approve

there are so many names and deaths, i definitely don't have enough knowledge of greek mythology to understand the importance of all of it

The keen arrow bounded off. Just as black beans or peas fly off a broad shovel on large threshing floors, driven by the sharp wind or winnower’s strength—    that’s how the arrow point glanced off the breast plate, then flew aside, away from glorious Menelaus.

how are these similes decided

But as Peisander charged, Menelaus hit him— right on the forehead, just above his nose. The bones cracked. Both his bloody eyes fell out into the dirt beside his feet.

BRUTAL

dude hector acts like he hates paris, why do i remember differently

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