t14eal’s Reviews > The Iliad > Status Update

“And Iris came on Helen in her rooms…
weaving a growing web, a dark red folding robe,
working into the weft the endless bloody struggles
stallion-breaking Trojans and Argives armed in bronze
had suffered all for her at the god of battle’s hands.”
nice

yeah i totally loved reading the catalogue of the ships… gulp

okay just made it out of the introduction but…
“human beings must put limits to their sorrow, their passions; they must recognise the animal need for food and drink.
But not Achilles.”