Athen’s Reviews > The Iliad > Status Update

Finished Book X
Ulysses and Diomed chasing Dolon was honestly quite hilarious, and then bro folded under no pressure only to be killed. Also love Athena/Minerva for her support to the Achean heros.

Finished Book IX
Have been busy so reading has been slow.
Achilles just won't let go his hate of Agamemnon (deserved and won't even fight, even after being convinced by the likes of Pheonix and Odsseus. It's getting to a point where it's becoming child-like, all of this while Hector is on a killing frenzy destroying the Achean army.

Finished Book VII & VIII
Man really hate gods interfering with the war. Even Zeus who keeps saying not to interfere with the war and then he tips the scales in favor of the trojans.

And Paris is still a bitch.

Finished Book VI
Never expected to see Bellerophon's story to be mentioned here. Nothing much happens but overall a cool chapter.

Finished Book V
This was one bloody chapter. Gruesome and graphic deaths all around. And Athena and Aphrodite have some real beef going on, and I think my username makes it pretty clear which one I support.

Also Diomed is a fucking badass. Man went up against three different gods and wounded two of them. If he is on this level I can't wait to see Achilles come back into the fight.

Finished Book IV
Gotta love the gods interfering with human business for the most pitiful of reasons

Finished Book III
The only thing I have to say is that Paris is a bitch and Aphrodite is... Uh... Also a bitch

Finished Book II
I just read
10 PAGES
Of just names and names.
10 Pages of only the names of god knows how many warriors from god knows how many cities with god knows how many ships.
Zeus strike me done this is absolute insanity.

Finished Book I
This book is proving to be more difficult to read than I expected, and to add to it, the edition I'm reading uses the Roman names of the gods which makes it much more confusing for me. But nevertheless it's a very interesting read and I'd love to finish this book.

Finished Book I.
This book is proving to be more difficult to read than expected, and the fact that my edition uses the Roman names makes it more confusing for me. Nevertheless it's a very interesting story and I want to keep reading it.