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Starling
is 33% done
I am loving the likenings in this one, they're very creative and poetic. My favourite one so far was in the eight song, where the man Gorgythion, a son of Priamos, dies, and as he collapses in death, his bowing head is likened with that of a poppy blowing in the wind. It was nice.
— Aug 18, 2026 12:35PM
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Starling
is 25% done
I really love how absolutely no one, except Aphrodite, even likes Paris. The Greeks hate him because he stole Helen, his family hates him because he stole Helen and caused all this war. Even Helen hates Paris for being a coward who shies away from the fight he started, and she hates him for kidnapping her. Helen consistently compares Paris to Menelaus and consistently concludes that Paris sucks.
— Aug 17, 2026 01:53AM
Starling
is 22% done
I've been putting off reading Homer because I was afraid of the language. I've now realised that it really isn't that bad (even though my translation is over a hundred years old).
I can't believe that the gods are making these decisions. I want to say more things about them, but I fear I'm still far too much of a Percy Jackson fan to dare say anything bad about the gods too loudly.
— Aug 12, 2026 08:35AM
I can't believe that the gods are making these decisions. I want to say more things about them, but I fear I'm still far too much of a Percy Jackson fan to dare say anything bad about the gods too loudly.