Kathleen’s Reviews > Homer Box Set: The Iliad & The Odyssey > Status Update
Kathleen
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Infantry must be psychologically exhausted from the whiplash of this battle. 😅 Is suspension of disbelief that Patroclus’ armor disappears, or that his body remains intact after hours of two armies trying to tug it in opposite directions? Achilles pities himself after sending his best friend to die as proxy to spite a king who took (then returned) a girl who he’s never mentioned since 🤷🏻♀️
— Dec 10, 2025 10:36PM
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Kathleen
is 54% done
What do you mean The Iliad ends without describing the fall of Troy?? This is just The Epic Tale of That Time Achilles Threw a Fit and Didn’t Murder and Then Did Murder Lots of Trojans. Gods Enjoyed
— 4 hours, 6 min ago
Kathleen
is 51% done
In which we forgot we were in a war, took a break for a bit, and fulfilled all of Achilles’ melodramatic desires for a memorial pageant for his boy-toy Patroclus. Minor subplots for cheating / winning / prizes in contests
— 21 hours, 44 min ago
Kathleen
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And GUESS WHAT the tides have turned again when Zeus wasn’t looking. Poseidon decides letting ships burn is an affront to his dignity
— Jul 06, 2025 11:44PM
Kathleen
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Bellerophontes, inexplicably, is the Greek classical hero name I would most seriously consider for my own child. Also King Priam’s wife Queen Hecuba has a good one: “When a man is tired out, a drink of wine will make him stout!” 😆
— Apr 10, 2025 02:07PM
Kathleen
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We have learned: Achilles is a little bitch, crying to mom when boss takes favorite toy. Paris is a little bitch, though kind of can’t help it because Aphrodite doesn’t lend herself maxxing his macho toughness as much as his seduction skills. And gods are all bitches, because we had a peace accord going here until Hera & Athena vetoed lack of Trojan blood
— Mar 16, 2025 11:55AM
