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Max Rose
is on page 128 of 614
A bit of a confusing chapter. Agamemnon gets a dream from Zeus encouraging him to renew the fight again but then Agamemnon tells his men “let’s just go home finally, it’s been 9 years” and they start to leave. But I think this is all just a test… and Odysseus rallies the men together stay and fight. I think that’s it. After that it was 10 pages listings names and regions. Very biblical-esque.
— Feb 09, 2026 06:50PM
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Max Rose
is on page 251 of 614
Still great. Two observations: In really enjoying the poetic language. I can’t really sense the meter, maybe because it’s in English or maybe because I’m not reading aloud, but there’s plenty of great imagery that I like reading. Second, there’s lots of detailed descriptions of people’s body parts getting crushed or stabbed (lol) and I think it’s because the Greeks love anatomy.
— Feb 24, 2026 10:21AM
Max Rose
is on page 195 of 614
Insanely vivid depiction of battle. Very impressed! Reads like a play by play call of a football game in a good way. Very amusing portrayal of the gods so far. They provide such a memorable, unique dimension to the story. I know it’s hard to depict them, but I feel like if you don’t include them in your adaptation, then you’re not making the Iliad at all.
— Feb 17, 2026 07:51PM
Max Rose
is on page 145 of 614
Way different than the movie Troy! Lol I’m shocked at how modern and readable this is. Maybe some of that is the translation (Fagles) but most of the credit has to go to Homer. The characters are much more interesting than I thought. I figured they might be archetypes in order to depict a moral lesson but no; the characters I’ve encountered so far all feel quite 3-dimensional.
— Feb 16, 2026 05:21PM
