Maybe it's not always but rather often. Chat, what do you think?

The Odyssey was fascinating. Iliad was like a disjointed mess. Starts in the action and doesn't even end properly.

>Emily Wilson of course it sucks, man!!! anyways the iliad may not seem like the most straightforward reading experience but as you know it featured many characters from pre-existing greek stories. it feels disjointed because you're supposed to be aware of a ton of context that we don't have access to anymore. it is very probable that every seemingly minor character mentioned within the iliad had their own story or played significant parts in stories at some point, which is why literally everyone is listed. there was a reason alexander the great always kept a copy of the iliad on him rather than the odyssey.

>>25610830 >a ton of context that we don't have access to anymore well, contemporary discourse is important just like discussions on kasey

>>25610830 the context we're not aware of is just people paying homer to be included in the epic because they wanted their names to be there sponsorship, basically

>>25610830 Wow, ancient capeshit!

>>25610846 this would be very funny. this is now what i wish happened >>25610865 yes, correct, ancient capeshit. it's interesting to see that humans have always been the same, don't you think? it's also about seeing how even our recent books still have the same sort of formula as stories did back then.

>>25610774 The Emily Wilson translation is absolute dogshit

>>25611128 oh, those ancient Greek aficionados among us

>>25611144 I don't read books but I read memes and I know this.

>>25611188 damn that's worse than potatonigger beowulf