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Anonymous Tue May 16 07:05:14 2017 No.9513957 [Reply] [Original]

Gonna start reading this today, what should I know beforehand?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 16 07:08:39 2017 No.9513966 >>9513957 Ancient Greek

>>	Anonymous Tue May 16 07:13:35 2017 No.9513981 This a prose or verse translation? What I would do is read the wikipedia entry summarizing the Iliad and each book before you read it. Especially because there are so many characters and it can be hard to keep track of who is who.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 16 07:50:04 2017 No.9514068 >>9513981 Are you literally retarded or is this just bait? You never know these days. >>9513957 Basic knowledge of Greek gods is enough. You can reread it later.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 16 08:04:59 2017 No.9514095 Its pretty much an anime. Just dive right in.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 16 08:57:41 2017 No.9514236 Aphistelos gets killed by his father.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 16 09:06:02 2017 No.9514270 >>9514236 BRO SPOILERS! BRO IT ONLY CAME OUT LAST GOLDEN AGE! Fucking asshole!

>>	Anonymous Tue May 16 10:23:00 2017 No.9514571 >>9514270 The spoilers are in every chapter title.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 16 10:29:58 2017 No.9514590 >>9513957 You should know that Diomedes is the GOAT and Achilles is a crybaby who wouldn't be shit without the gods helping him out time and again.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 16 10:33:02 2017 No.9514598 >>9513957 Diomedes is the GOAT.