/lit/ - Literature

What translation should I read next for my yearly Iliad venture? I've read Fagles and Pope, I see people say Lattimore alot but I'm leaning towards Fitzgerald.

>starts listing all contingents with corresponding commanders and kings for 11 pages straight
Does it add anything to the plot or am I just being filtered?

Just finished the Fagles translation of the Iliad, anyone care to discuss? I loved it for the most part although books 11-15 dragged a little for me. Everyone says Hector is this awesome dude but after book 7 he seemed like a faggot to me, the amount of times he'd run away and leave his men or when he stabbed Patroclus in the back after he'd already been cucked by Apollo and wounded by someone else then bragged about it like he killed him in one on one combat, sure he was better than most of the Acheans but no-one pretends they are morally great people.

Anyway that aside, I found the relationship between Thetis and Achilles really touching, I felt bad for her since she knew he would die soon and spend the rest of his time in the world of the living miserable

Anyone here read the Iliad translation by Fagles? The introduction by Knox is quite long and I just want to get into the book, is it necessary or is it one of those introductions you should really read afterwards?