Daniel Hudson’s Reviews > The Iliad > Status Update

i’m so close to being done. i really hope i like the ending because i have an essay due friday and she’s not going to write herself 😍

not only do i love patroclus’ name, but i now love his character. he seems like one of the only humble men in this book. apparently he’s gay for achilles but i haven’t picked up on it yet 😳

this translation’s writing style is so flat and dry. sometimes it feels like reading the back of a cereal box would be more entertaining

the cataloguing of ships was dreadful

the first few pages were super confusing but the rest made sense surprisingly. i don’t have much of an opinion yet obviously but i am curious as to how much the gods are going to intervene. i also need to learn my greek gods because they get mentioned so often. i just know zeus is a man hoe.