Mesmerizing I tried to like this classic, but I dislike reading about war.
I see why people are still reading this book 3,200 years later. It's amazing. Beautiful imagery throughout. What's striking is how much nature factors in to similes and metaphors, which makes sense, because there was hardly anything else to compare it to. No Biblical allusions, no comparisons...
Read as a part of my initial foray into completing the Great Books of the Western World. I had read parts of it in high school but it had been a long time.Obviously the importance of this work in the overall history of literature cannot really be overstated. In terms of the actual content, the ...
الالياذةأول ترجمة عربية للألياذة من النص الإغريقي مباشرة بعد رائعة البستاني التي نقلها عبر نص فرنسي وسيط. الألياذة أو قصة إليوس هي قصة طروادة المدينة والملحمة، نُقحت وعُدلت وربما بٌدلت لغتها كلما تقادمت حتى وصلت الى ما هي عليه عند هوميروس.إختلفت الآراء في صحة كون هوميروس المؤلف الوحيد لرائعته هذ...
I tried to read this book. But when I had to read it for a class on classical books (Hillsdale.edu). I took the hint from the professor who said that Homer's epic poems were likely spoken originally. So, using the translation used in the lecture, I tried it. It worked! I was surprised & moved by ...
This is a combination of two reviews, one on the Iliad and the other on the Odyssey.(Warning: Spoilers Throughout) “When they got together in one place shield clashed with shield in the rage of battle. The bossed shields beat one upon another, and there was a tramp as of a great multitude – dea...
So my first “non-school related" experience with Homer’s classic tale, and my most powerful impression, beyond the overall splendor of the story, was...HOLY SHIT SNACKS these Greeks were a violent bunch. Case in point: ...they hauled him out through the doorway into the court, lopped his nose a...