tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post9007501755303450138..comments2023-11-23T09:51:07.448-05:00Comments on A Literary Odyssey: The Iliad Readalong Post 1: Books 1-12.Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420476898132383974noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-13036878797479841032011-07-24T00:41:25.019-04:002011-07-24T00:41:25.019-04:00I read The Iliad for the first time last year and ...I read <i>The Iliad</i> for the first time last year and was blown away. Such an excellent tale! (I don't have my book with me so I don't know what translation it is.) Since then I've kind of been reading books of the Trojan War off and on, but the only one that I've come to like on the scale of Homer's epic has been Lindsay Clarke's <i>The War at Troy</i>... have you read it?Bookish Hobbithttp://bookishhobbit.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-92159890456957503502011-05-25T22:46:37.890-04:002011-05-25T22:46:37.890-04:00I'm a bit late posting here, but couldn't ...I'm a bit late posting here, but couldn't get to it earlier. I am really enjoying the Fagles translation. In university we read Lattimore, who also writes in poetry, but is more old fashioned. I remember even the profs grumbling about book 2 and the catalog of ships - often they would let us skip that part. I am so glad I found this blog and am rereading the Iliad. It feels so good to read it for pure enjoyment this time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04989197620565202133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-69436706359017476652011-05-17T14:55:30.906-04:002011-05-17T14:55:30.906-04:00I haven't got half way yet and I'm going t...I haven't got half way yet and I'm going to carry on reading just a little bit at a time. However your point about book two gives me hope as that's where I lost a little bit of interest. I love the stories of the Odyssey and I think the war and gloating and arrogance is putting me off a little. I do know who most of the characters are but it's not drawn me in at all.Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377404526123600035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-31106806814008556382011-05-17T14:40:37.723-04:002011-05-17T14:40:37.723-04:00I must admit, at the half way point I am really li...I must admit, at the half way point I am really liking it, but I love The Odyssey more. Where this is a huge war book, The Odyssey is a personal story. I get a bit frustrated with the incredibly stubborn and selfish decisions some of the leaders make. I do love the language and the epic scale of things. On to the second half!Melissa (Avid Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02119628715475021774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-68415447876274265342011-05-17T14:12:00.458-04:002011-05-17T14:12:00.458-04:00I'm so glad you are hosting this readalong. Th...I'm so glad you are hosting this readalong. This is my second attempt now to read The Iliad... and I actually get it this time! I also have the Fagles translation and I really like it.<br /><br />http://bythebybooks.blogspot.com/2011/05/readalong-iliad-by-homer-post-1.htmlKChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14607991815190479242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-8835943295004861452011-05-17T07:35:59.094-04:002011-05-17T07:35:59.094-04:00Would love to have seen you perform it, lol. Altho...Would love to have seen you perform it, lol. Although I have a different translation I do know what you mean. It's definitely lyrical. The words just seem to flow which makes it all the more readable.<br /><br />I have to admit I've learned to brush over the lists of names since most of them are killed off on the same page. Another book blogger warned me about book 2 before I started reading it.KarenSihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875454663363953921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-42325060021384672672011-05-16T22:06:00.911-04:002011-05-16T22:06:00.911-04:00I hated Book 2!! It was horrible... and I was scar...I hated Book 2!! It was horrible... and I was scarred because I thought my professor would ask all those names on the exam!!CaRiiToOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-24868694674827057782011-05-16T18:02:54.221-04:002011-05-16T18:02:54.221-04:00Book 2 was BRUTAL! But it's so good! And I lo...Book 2 was BRUTAL! But it's so good! And I love Robert Fagles...Read the Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997187112713403821noreply@blogger.com