Literary Reviews


August 11th, 2025

Book of the week: The Iliad


All hands on deck crewmates! Today, we're embarking on an adventure with the Argives in one of their many perilous journeys.

To give you some background, we are in Troy, which we've been sieging for a while now (around ten years).

We've been waiting for the proper conditions to begin attacking the land that birthed the fraudulent prince Paris Alexandrós.

Indeed the reckless man did not hesitate once before seizing Helen of Sparta, wife of Menelaós (one of us), shamelessly fleeing with her to Troy.

Perhaps feeling guilty for having exiled his son years prior, the Trojan King Priam does not reprimand him or return Helen.

And so began a decade-long conflict in which men and gods alike were involved, the latter meddling in mortal affairs per usual.


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