Annalise’s Reviews > The Iliad > Status Update

Slowly working our way through this one. My son and I read at aloud before bedtime, and I’m struck by the verse’s rhythmic power, even on the lips of my middle schooler.

It can be a slog whenever Homer goes on for pages telling us the names of the warriors and who their fathers were and lots of trivia about characters I’ve never heard of and don’t really want to know. Can we get on with the story?