Prisha’s Reviews > The Iliad > Status Update

"Trojans and Greeks that day lay there in their multitudes, stretched out alongside each other, face down in the dust,"

"The War-god Ares spurred on the Trojan forces, and grey-eyed Athene the Greeks."

oh wait no he's scared of being made fun of?

I lowkey feel bad for Agamemnon because he's so scared of Menelaus dying.

It hurts to say this. but Zeus was right 🤢🤮 in considering peace between the Trojans and the Greeks. Look, if Helen and Menelaus had gone back at this stage, Patrachilles would be safe and they'll both be alive ❤️ Life could be so much easier for these heroes.
But Athene and Hera's pettiness is going to make Troy fall. And I'm going to watch it happen😔

Helen is so badass saying this to a goddess
"you go and agonize over Paris, go and pamper him, and one day he may make you his wife—or his concubine.”
So mad at Aphrodite as she knows how bad forced marriages can be and still puts Helen through it. Proud of Helen for speaking up. Shame on Paris for not having enough honour to give Helen up. Menelaus won fair and square. Besides, Helen wants to go back to him.

“You sex-crazed seducer, you should never have been born, or married.”

“When godlike Paris saw Menelaus emerging through the front ranks, his heart failed him completely and he retreated into his own contingent of warriors to avoid death.” What a coward lol

Why did they randomly start yapping about contigents 😭

Why did Odysseus have to intervene on Agamemnon's plans to return home rather than Menelaus. 1. It's his wife. 2. Why did no one else remember the prophesy? 😭