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• May 19, 2023 The Iliad By Homer Lots of X begat Y, lots of and Petracliffs, he had 50 black ships too. But I mean surely this was just the Avengers, a few millennia ago? Of a comparable level of cultural cachet! And the parts that were not lists had some quite-frankly surprisingly good writing, probably even better than the Avengers. A good reminder that even way back in the olden days people liked to be entertained and could be entertaining
• May 27, 2023 The Odyssey By Homer My thoughts on the Odyssey are largely similar to my thoughts on The Iliad, in the extent to which this story told millennia ago about a people and a culture distant in all manors from mine remains engaging, entertaining, and apparently well crafted is of course remarkable. It is clearly apparent why the Odyssey is more referenced and revered than its sibling the Iliad, focusing on the more personal story, hitting more of the familiar Hero's Journey archetype, which is so much more common today than the Hero is Sad about his Slave Being Taken Away But Gets Better And Fights Everyone and Then There Is a Tournament archetype. Good enough that it is probably worthy of a read beyond just being one of the most influential stories of the western canon.