/lit/ - Literature

Comments that give away someone hasn't read the book:

"It glorifies war."

No one wants to? Fine. I'll be the one to say it.

"Homer" really could have used a stronger editor.

There, it's done. Can we stop pretending to like this now?

Why did no one tell me this was lit-kino?
It’s more thrilling than anything written since

How am I suppose to understand this when I have zero knowledge of who these people are? Right off the bat it just flies off with all these names as if I already know them and their entire lives.

I like to pretend I'm Achilles while I'm boxing.

What is the best translation for a first reading? Which version has the best amount of extra-info and best footnotes? Which version has the best sonority? Which is the most accurate?

Peter Green translation or Robert Fitzgerald? For first time reading.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS9kqq6PNnQ

Realistically, it's just anime. Right?

Hi, I am reading the Iliad for the second time. I read it the first time as a child and I am revisiting it a second. I am reading the E.V.Rieu translation from Penguin, and it strikes me as supremely boring in comparison to what I remember of it.

Can anybody recommend a better translation? Or has nostalgia blinded me to the reality of the book?

>that long list of people and cities at the end of book 2

Was it necessary for the story?

>mfw you realize that reading the translation of Odissey and the Iliad instead of the original is like kissing the cheek of a girl and thinking you have had the best sex of your life
It literally makes no sense whatsoever to read it translated, the poetry and the wording sounds and word craftsmanship go to waste, making it half of how epic it was supposed to sound, there is a reason he repeats the words all the time and use a lot of synonyms for the same word
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI0mkt6Z3I0

Is Pope's translation any good?

This piece of literature is so important because it's grounds your mind back down to the pure roots of human storytelling. I think no matter what styles and phases literature will go through, the most important element of all literature is in it's fundamental storytelling. If you look back to the ancient history of storytelling this will always be true of the best works. We need to stop being pretentious and realize this again.

*puts in the history section*

What historical context and knowledge should I have before reading The Iliad?

> finish The Iliad
> ends abruptly with no mention of the Trojan Horse or Achilles' heel.

Kind of disappointing desu.

Does /lit/ want to discuss this book?

Give me one reason, as a 21 years old female, to care for any of the billion of dead white males in this novel.

>they're all rapists and see no problem with it
>their dialogues are all white men ranting about who has the bigger dick and power
>female gods are literally objectified as goods you acquire by making tributes to, which is disgusting and untrue
>their backstories are bloated with chauvinistic stereotypes

I just couldn't care for any of the dead and neither for the pain of their families. They are all rapists and the only reason why people still care about this book is because they haven't read it.

What are some pleb/pseud filter books?

Is pic related (without any kind of annotation) a pleb filter?

>it's a funeral games chapter

Which translation for the Iliad?