Is the Iliad worth reading? Does it still hold up today in terms of complexity or depth of thought/ideas, or is it so well-regarded mostly because of its influence on other works? Not trying to bait.
>>7516037
>Is the Iliad worth reading?
Yes.
>Does it still hold up today in terms of complexity or depth of thought/ideas
Yes.
You know the answer already. but lets use this thread to talk about its importance anyway.
>>7516037
No, it's just a bunch of boring descriptions of people fighting. Before they had action movies, that's what people back then got for excitement.
>>7516037
You can't understand the Greeks without Achilles.
>>7516037
Yes, wrong question, no.
>worth reading?
It's a really good poem.
>in terms of complexity or depth of thought/ideas
It's also a pretty straight-forward poem. How complicated something is isn't an indicator of quality.
>influence on other works?
The Iliad isn't as influential today as the Odyssey is.
>>7516076
This. Bought both the odyssey and the Iliad and couldn't get past the fucking editors note at the beginning. Shit books. Overhyped.
>>7516110
>reading introductions before the actual book
plebs got a lot to learn, man.
Iliad was one of the most exhilarating literary experiences I've ever had. you guys suck for not giving a shit about it.
>>7516110
>couldn't get past the editors note
ahahahahahahahaha /lit/, never change
>>7516037
His other book is way better and reading Iliad first is not at all necessary.
>>7516118
>he doesn't read the intros before the book
>he lacks confidence in his own mental ability so much that he think reading intros pollutes his understanding of the material
Feels good to swirl around other's ideas without immediately accepting them.
>that Fagles edition introduction writer who shit on based Telemachus for telling his mom to let the men do their thing.
>>7516132
The potency of the talking to the dead scene in the odyssey is lessened when you haven't lived their battles through the iliad. Don't be a pleb.
How's the Fagles translation? Been thinking about buying 9780147712554
>>7516076
>>7516110
Masterful b8, you almost got me.
>>7516158
that wasn't masterful at all, lurk moar you fucking casual.
