#this movie is only extremely loosely based on the iliad but apparently ppl are still willing to believe literally every vaguely
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every time i see a quote from troy (2004) attributed to homer i get a twitch in my eye for the next three hours
worst offender by far is this quote, which, for the record is the second most liked "quote" from the iliad on goodreads
sure this sounds beautiful but it is literally said by brad pitt's achilles as he tries to convince his spoils-of-war slave girl/love interest briseis that maybe blasphemy is ok bc actually the gods dont care and also theyre jealous that humans can die
here is the og version of this quote from the script:
BRO! homer didn't write this, this was written by david benioff (yes, the game of thrones guy) and u literally can tell by the fact that it is normal human sentences w modern day grammar and vocabulary instead of. u know. centuries-old poetry!!! not a single hexameter in sight smh
in conclusion:
#dont get me wrong it has some fucken banger quotes but that doesnt make it homer?#this movie is only extremely loosely based on the iliad but apparently ppl are still willing to believe literally every vaguely#pretty quote is lifted from the bard himself lol#the only scene w any vague resemblance to the og is whem king priam asks for hektors body#and even then they made up some shit abt achilles' dad being dead for some reason???#when in the original text achilles' dad being alive is actually priam's angle to get sympathy from achilles#anyway. did i need to put in this much effort into what is essentially an extremely niche ventpost. no#but i stumbled upon a pjo post using the quote mentioned and attributing it to homer again and i saw red so. sorry#the alternative wouldve been to reblog that w extremely bitchy tags and i am not that mean of a person so 4am shitpost it is#anyway. should i tag this w the main stuff or do i want peace . bro idek i should have been asleep 5 hours ago#so. welp. maybe later . actually no i want to find this on my blog so i'll tag it now or else im just gonna forget#cavetext#the iliad
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