May 15, 2004 08:53 AM
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Homer wrote the Illiad in the in the 8th Century, B. C. and they have been reprinted through the ages, in many language.
His two most famous books are the Odyssey and the Iliad. I like the Iliad best.
.:My Review:.
Most people think that this is about a battle between Troy, (Iliad and this may be a place that never existed), and Spartina (Greece).
I'm sure you have heard of Helen of Troy and the wooden horse.
It is much more than battles, because within it, your will find three love stories, love between fathers and sons, love between cousins, and love of ones country.
Throughout time, men have waged war. Some for power, some for glory, some for honour and some for love.
In ancient Greece, the passion of two of literature’s most notorious lovers, Paris, a Prince of Troy, and Helen , Queen of Sparta, start a war that will devastate their civilization. It happens when Paris takes Helen away from her husband, King Menelaus.
This is an insult that cannot be ignore. Menelaus and to his brother Agamemnon, who is the King of the Mycenaeans, must restore the family's pride.
This must be avenges and they unite all the tribes of Spartina, to steal Helen back from Troy in defence of his brother’s honour.
Agamemnon’s pursuit of honour is corrupted by his greed. He needs to conquer Troy and to take control of all the tribes who live by the Aegean Sea.
He already vast empire but that is not enough for him. All of the tribes of Spartina, send their ships to the walled city of Troy.
Troy is ruled by King Priam and defended by his oldest son, Prince Hector.
Troy is a citadel that no enemy's army has ever been able to get into.
One man stands as the key to victory or defeat over Troy. That man is Achilles, who is the greatest warrior alive.
Sing, O goddess, of the rage of Achilles, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans, who you probably know better as the Greeks.
It's nine years into the Trojan War and the Achaeans have just sacked the Trojan town of Chryse and captured two hot maidens, Chryseis and Briseis.
Agamemnon, commander-in-chief of the army, goes out on dream dates with both of them, before deciding to give his last rose to Chryseis.
Achilles, the Achaeans' greatest warrior and runner-up on an earlier edition of The Baccalaureus, takes Briseis as his own.
How does it end? I'll never tell, you'll have to read the book to find out!
.:My Thoughts:.
This is a story about what happens to men when they want to be in power. Nothing will get in their way.
This is a story that will tell you about the gods that were worshipped, in Italy and Greece, (they had the same gods, but the names were different), and how they effect the daily life of the people.
I could imagine the battles, the sea filled with ships from the horizon to the shore.
I could imagine the love scenes and how each of the men and women could be so tender at night, and the men forgetting all of that in the morning, when they went out to slaughter their enemies.
I can imagine Homer writing this book by hand, on parchment with a birds feather, for a pen.
There is a reason for the saying, ''Achilles heel''!
.:My Conclusion:.
This is a classic book, that people who love history shouldn't miss.
Thank you for reading my review.
©LL2004
