Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Illiad Books 1 and 22

I really liked reading the Iliad because I used to read Greek mythology a lot when I was younger. I read the story of paris choosing between the Goddesses and how he chose Aphrodite causing the war of troy. I also know some of the other stories about Zeus from Metamorphoses, even though his roman name is Jupiter or Jove. I wonder what was more of the actual history between Greece and Troy. It is hard to believe that only one woman caused an entire war! Both Agamemnon and Achilles are jerks. Agamemnon steals Achilles prize, and Achilles brutally kills Hector and then drags around his body. There was no need for that brutality. I also knew the legend of Achilles, that he was dipped in something magic that made him invincible, but he was held by his ankle, and this was the only part of his body not made invincible, and it is his only weakness. I would be interested in reading the rest of the Iliad.

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