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The Odyssey preview before the new Avatar got me. I’m finally starting it.
— Dec 28, 2025 09:43AM
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Kobo counting the notes and glossary in the percentage smh
— Jan 20, 2026 10:53AM
Kobo counting the notes and glossary in the percentage smh
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Achilles and Patroclus and their women sleeping in the same bed like Charlie Bucket’s grandparents
— Jan 10, 2026 12:13PM
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Hector’s a dickhead “You and our son will be enslaved after I get murked here but I still gotta do it”
— Jan 08, 2026 08:56PM
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Reading through the catalogue of ships was in one ear out the other ngl but I respect the vision
— Jan 04, 2026 08:12PM
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Very helpful Introduction and Translator’s Notes. Time to start frfr now
— Jan 03, 2026 05:19PM
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Dec 28, 2025 11:28PM
once you have a solid idea of what the book is like, i need to hear ur thoughts before i decide whether i wanna read this or not. based on what i know about it at this point, i feel like it wont b my kind of book, but then again, i might be misjudging it
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lyeba wrote: "once you have a solid idea of what the book is like, i need to hear ur thoughts before i decide whether i wanna read this or not. based on what i know about it at this point, i feel like it wont b ..."Yes ma’am. I listened to a podcast that told the story of the entire Trojan War to get a good background before I actually tried reading Homer. If you’re down to listen to it I can send it to you. He goes through it all like a storyteller.
Also I heard Emily Wilson’s translation is more accessible for modern readers while keeping the poetic structure which is why I chose it. I’m still on the Introduction and she’s going through all the background you’ll need to get a better understanding of the story and the way it’s written.
