Status Updates From La Ilíada (Spanish Edition)

“As Hector lunged forward, fine Achilles drove his spear right there. The point pierced through his supple neck. And yet the ash-wood spear of heavy bronze did not cut through his windpipe, so he had the power to speak in answer to his killer.”

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i’m so bored

‘Near Priam on the wall stood Hector’s mother. 80 She wept, untied her dress, and lifted out one breast, and through her tears spoke words on wings.

“Hector, my child, respect a mother’s care, and pity me. I soothed you with my breast. Remember this, dear child, and come inside! Fight your opponent from behind our wall. Do not stand there outside and challenge him, you stubborn fool!”’

Lady WHAT

“With this, he drew his bronze spear from the bank and left the dead man lying on the sand, robbed of his precious life. Dark water lapped around the body, soaking it, and soon the fish and eels were busily at work, nibbling at the fat around his kidneys.”

This is so detailed lmao

Uitermate bijzonder hoe Homerus slechts twee mini versjes gebruikt om een ingrijpende keuze van een mens, aangespoord door Athene, te beschrijven. Om vervolgens meerdere pagina’s aan verzen te gebruiken voor de beschrijving van een slagveld waar Jantje, zoon van Gerardus, Pietje, zoon van Herman, zijn schedel doorboord.

“Die, all you Trojans! All of you must die, until I reach the holy town of Troy. And you will run, but I will be behind you, slashing and slaying.”

Okay colonizer