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The insanity and intensity of the battle, the constant backstabbing and squabbling between the Gods and which sides they're on, the thematic development of honour and will, Diomedes and Hector are based and the inevitable tragedy that is when Troy fails to win the war and now they just have to wait it out until their city, women and children are fucking wrecked to shit, especially the line from Hector's widow about their child never reaching adulthood. The book genuinely left me feeling a little shaken, it's amazing.

> Diogenes is a crazy motherfucker you don't want to fuck with
> Patroclus is a dickhead who insults the dead
> Achilles becomes a bloodthirsty merchant of war
> Hector's tragic death and the inevitable fall of troy that is never depicted but is intensely alluded to
> Priam grovelling at the feet of Achilles for a truce for a few days
> Hector's wife telling Hector's corpse about how their child will never reach manhood because Troy will fall
> no prisoners are ever taken

This book is brutal and beautiful in equal measures. It took me a little time to finish it but I'm so glad I did.

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Orson

> the trauma of Hector's death and the inevitable doom that Troy is to experience
> book ends before shit gets truly real

I don't think I've felt as shaken from reading something in such a long time.

Robert

By the time you've finished it, you'll have feels you never asked for.

This is genuinely the most thrilling thing I've read all year.

> Agamemnon and Achilles have a falling out
> all of the Gods are either mega cunts to each other or mega cunts to the humans
> Hector becomes corrupted by his power and it leads to his downfall
> Achilles, legendary runner, cherished fighter, acts like a massive baby, becomes a cool guy fighter again and then becomes a horrendous, disrespectful monster
> soldiers bartering for their lives are insta-killed
> Diomedes is a crazy motherfucker
> Achilles' own golden shield tells stories of Greek cities, of music and violence

How the fuck does anybody not enjoy this? It's amazing.

Iliad thread, my dudes. What was your favourite aspect of it? Least favourite? Overall impression? Also general Homer discussion is cool too.

>no Trojan horse
>So called ""hero"" Achilles gets cucked to the max
>2nd chapter is literally a list of names
>Paris is a lil' bitch
>Helen is a cock hungry slut

Why is this good again?

Books where the bad guys win

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