Status Updates From Ilias en Odyssea

Calls Tydeus a bitch for running, then [Prince Hector] cried to his horses: "Xanthus and Podargys, and you Aethon and goodly Lanpus, pay me for your keep now and for all the honey-sweet corn with which Andromache, daughter of great Eetion, has fed you, and for the way in which she has mixed wine and water for you to drink whenever you would, before doing so even for me who am her husband. Haste in pursuit..."!

would be so much shorter if Homer hadn’t felt the need to describe every single persons entire family lore like damn

I forgot that we just drop right in the lore. In college, it's easier b/c you've just learned all the backstory & I weirdly knew a lot about Greek mythology then. This time, I had to pause & read some wiki pages to remind myself why we were there. I also forgot how much dialogue these dudes seem to fit in the middle of straight up battle... how do they have time or even hear each other? Haha