Reading Notes: Homer's lliad

Homer's Lliad was not what I expected. I was expecting just a battle not seeing Achilles decide he wasn't going to battle. As well as the amount of Greek God and Goddess interaction. I think my favorite character would have to be Apollo or Athena.

Drawing of Apollo and Athena The Grub Street Project

Apollo sparked my interest by the way he acted when we was in the story. Especially at the end of Part A in Deeds and death of Patroclus. Patroclus tries to rush troy's wall four time and Apollo tell him to go back when Patroclus doesn't listen Apollo doesn't care and deals with the problem. I feel like this is how Apollos personality  is in most greek stories. I think I would want to do a story based on Apollos personality or make the interaction longer between Patroclus and Apollo. Have that ending sequence between the two of them be a story. It could be almost like a dark comedy. 

  Then Athena when she is trying to give wisdom instead of fighting. most stories I've read with her always have her fighting. I enjoyed seeing this side of the Goddess. 

I may try to add Hector in the story with the immortal horses and chariots but instead of horses make it be like race cars or something.  I may even make a story upon the scene with all the gods in the room watching Zeus and Hera argue. I think these two scenes stick out the most for the reason of being different from the rest of the story. 

Over all I really enjoyed learning the lessons this story had to teach.

Bibliography: Homer's lliad retold by A. J. Church Link to reading A