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August 4th-5th 2026
Book 3: Gifts of the Goddess
-Paris, omg, I am so charmed by him in the worst ways possible. He’s so egotistical yet cowardly
and it’s very entertaining, unfortunately. Hector’s insults towards him are equally entertaining. He hates his ass!
- Priam unable to witness the fight… T_T
- Menelaus dragging Paris by the helmet is so cinematic
- Paris got saved and didn’t do shit for it lol
— 12 hours, 27 min ago
Book 3: Gifts of the Goddess
-Paris, omg, I am so charmed by him in the worst ways possible. He’s so egotistical yet cowardly
and it’s very entertaining, unfortunately. Hector’s insults towards him are equally entertaining. He hates his ass!
- Priam unable to witness the fight… T_T
- Menelaus dragging Paris by the helmet is so cinematic
- Paris got saved and didn’t do shit for it lol
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Book 10: Espionage by Night (this is the coolest book title so far)
(In the comments)
— 2 hours, 50 min ago
(In the comments)
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Book 9: The Embassy
(This is all in the comments again because I always write too much for the progress update lol)
— 4 hours, 10 min ago
(This is all in the comments again because I always write too much for the progress update lol)
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Book 8: The Scales Tip
- 200 pages of scheming and games and the second Zeus gathers the gods like eggs in a basket, they’re obedient
- Rip to the Greeks because Helios’ scales tipped in favour of the Trojans and Zeus is shooting shit, though he eventually feels bad bc of Agamemnon and gives them a sacrificial fawn
- Hector eats them up and says some cool shit doing it, though the Greeks have their moments…
— 10 hours, 31 min ago
- 200 pages of scheming and games and the second Zeus gathers the gods like eggs in a basket, they’re obedient
- Rip to the Greeks because Helios’ scales tipped in favour of the Trojans and Zeus is shooting shit, though he eventually feels bad bc of Agamemnon and gives them a sacrificial fawn
- Hector eats them up and says some cool shit doing it, though the Greeks have their moments…
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August 15th-16th 2026
Book 6: The Price of Honor
-Agamemnon and Nestor going hardcore and wanting to slaughter more “effectively,” let’s say…
- Paris making shit up but getting spurred on to battle AGAIN
- Andromache and Hector, such a tragic scene: a wife mourning her husband whom fate will soon steal, however that may be, knowing her and their infant son’s fate too ends with Hector’s… crying…
— 11 hours, 50 min ago
Book 6: The Price of Honor
-Agamemnon and Nestor going hardcore and wanting to slaughter more “effectively,” let’s say…
- Paris making shit up but getting spurred on to battle AGAIN
- Andromache and Hector, such a tragic scene: a wife mourning her husband whom fate will soon steal, however that may be, knowing her and their infant son’s fate too ends with Hector’s… crying…
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August 5th + 14th 2026
Book 5: Gods on the Battlefield
- This was long asf in the audiobook version (1 hr)
- Now Diomedes got the arrow from Pandarus… at that, Diomedes levels up in body and sight because of Athena and sees gods? craziness ensues, no more Pandarus
- Aeneas mentioned wow #bodydoubletreatment #thanksApollo
- Aeneas is so coddled lol
- Aphrodite, Apollo, and Ares, are now Diomedes’ ops lmfaoooooo
— 12 hours, 8 min ago
Book 5: Gods on the Battlefield
- This was long asf in the audiobook version (1 hr)
- Now Diomedes got the arrow from Pandarus… at that, Diomedes levels up in body and sight because of Athena and sees gods? craziness ensues, no more Pandarus
- Aeneas mentioned wow #bodydoubletreatment #thanksApollo
- Aeneas is so coddled lol
- Aphrodite, Apollo, and Ares, are now Diomedes’ ops lmfaoooooo
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Dates in which I read each book thus far (and what i’ve remembered, i guess, very vaguely):
Aug 2nd 2026
Book 1: The Quarrel
- Apollo is cooler than I thought…
- Agamemnon & Achilles remind me of the modern sentiment, “we used to send men to war” except men still bicker and act like school boys at war lol
- and the gods are the same
- I actually hate Agamemnon… Achilles… you are on thin ice…
— 14 hours, 2 min ago
Aug 2nd 2026
Book 1: The Quarrel
- Apollo is cooler than I thought…
- Agamemnon & Achilles remind me of the modern sentiment, “we used to send men to war” except men still bicker and act like school boys at war lol
- and the gods are the same
- I actually hate Agamemnon… Achilles… you are on thin ice…
- The gods really are just playing a haphazard, silly game of chess with the mortals lives. Hera and her favour of the “long haired Greeks,” with Zeus on the other end of the board trying his best to stay neutral for the sake of Hera’s anger, while also honouring his word to Thetis, though ultimately gives the game
- Athena always at the scene of the crime, I swear, (Oh Pandarus, hit Menelaus with your arrow, just enough to rouse battle again… what are we doing guys) and Apollo again, for the Trojans? Still surprised how influential he is in the Iliad
- Truce broken, oh no, and Achilles still moping about his honour and unwilling to fight for the Greeks… he is my Lestat
- Everyone, their mama, and their goddesses hate on Paris LMFAO