Why does this shit resonate so much? Has it permeated our culture to that degree, or is it truly one of the greatest things ever written?
Why does this shit resonate so much? Has it permeated our culture to that degree...
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Why does everyone love the iliad? At least in the odyssey homer was going out and doing shit here we got crybaby achilles and a bunch of people who I don't give a fuck about fighting for a whore that i dont care about
The gods in it represent pieces of our psyche is you allow them to overpower you.
>Poseidon:Tell that Zeuz faggot I will fuck his shit up if he keeps nagging
>Messenger: You sure I tell him that?
>Poseidon:You right maybe next time, tell him we cool babay
any further reading on this?
No but its common sense
It actually changed my life more than any fiction. The ideals of bravery, pride and above all Arete made me rethink my own existence, and how I could achieve those virtues relative to my time and place. Starting with the Greeks is not a meme
Achilles is possessed by wrath, Paris lust/love, Agamemnon power, and above all fate. Greek heros have to have a fatal flaw. Like Odysseus and his arrogance.
Yes, but we can agree chapter 5 was kind of shit though right?
If you're a faggot, sure. For the rest of us, Diomedes's aristeia was good fun.