http://www.causeuse.com/2009/10/the-iliad-homer-translation-robert-fagles/ Et elle causait, elle causait, elle causait... Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:49:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.causeuse.com/2009/10/the-iliad-homer-translation-robert-fagles/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Stefanie Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:36:33 +0000 http://www.polyreader.com/?p=471#comment-65 Yes, I started it a few weeks after finishing The Iliad. I liked it but I liked The Iliad better. Yes, I started it a few weeks after finishing The Iliad. I liked it but I liked The Iliad better.

]]> http://www.causeuse.com/2009/10/the-iliad-homer-translation-robert-fagles/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Charlotte Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:59:01 +0000 http://www.polyreader.com/?p=471#comment-63 Thank you, I'm happy you enjoyed this. Yes, I will absolutely be reading the Odyssey, but not right now -- I started on Proust, which will be part of my study program this year, and it's way too demanding to read at the same time as Homer. Did you read it after the Iliad? Thank you, I’m happy you enjoyed this. Yes, I will absolutely be reading the Odyssey, but not right now — I started on Proust, which will be part of my study program this year, and it’s way too demanding to read at the same time as Homer. Did you read it after the Iliad?

]]> http://www.causeuse.com/2009/10/the-iliad-homer-translation-robert-fagles/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Stefanie Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:02:50 +0000 http://www.polyreader.com/?p=471#comment-61 What a marvelous post! My experience reading this was very similar to yours. I thought I knew the story, but how wrong I was. The sheer brutality of it all was astonishing and the number of lives lost unfathomable to me. The two scenes you describe really shine out amidst the myth being created and turns hector, Priam and Achilles into humans if only for a short while. Will you be reading the Odyssey too? What a marvelous post! My experience reading this was very similar to yours. I thought I knew the story, but how wrong I was. The sheer brutality of it all was astonishing and the number of lives lost unfathomable to me. The two scenes you describe really shine out amidst the myth being created and turns hector, Priam and Achilles into humans if only for a short while. Will you be reading the Odyssey too?

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