Aaron Schmid’s Reviews > The Iliad > Status Update
Aaron Schmid
is on page 442 of 614
It's alternately fantastic and historic, raw and polished, harrowing and inspiring, all in the span of a few lines or pages. I love how personal the names make the violence feel. The details rather than simple battle movements or victories/losses. The intimate records of broken families. The mythology is a great breakup too. The imagery is striking and the translation is really carrying me through. I love Ajax.
— Oct 28, 2025 02:14AM
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Aaron Schmid
is on page 325 of 614
I'm enjoying it a lot. There's plenty of drama and violence to keep things interesting. The format is the only thing that can sorta drag, with the repetitions and formalities, etc. But it's not to hard to pick up on some of that and just skim over it when you know it's coming, it's just that this makes it tempting to skip over other parts as well and then you realize you missed something and have to go back, haha.
— Oct 22, 2025 10:27AM
Aaron Schmid
is on page 195 of 614
Dude, the Ilaid is sick, haha. Book 5? Diomedes Fights the Gods? It's awesome! The violence is so epic! Giants and gods/goddesses, super-human warriors and chariots, and spears cutting people's heads in half? So sick, haha. And it's just unrelenting. Just one scene/hero/slaughter after the next. Truly gruesome, ancient combat. If only comic book movies would go back to the source material! It's so good, haha.
— Oct 13, 2025 10:36PM
