Reading Notes: Homer's Iliad Part B

For the Part B reading in Homer's Iliad I focused on the style of the story. The style was detail given with a lot of belief. I found it strange that the people would put their belief so much in the Gods that they believed the Gods intervened so much that they controlled the outcome of the war. Given the details though, it made sense to have the Gods intervene. The detail of how everything unfolded in the story was a lot, sometimes it seemed like a lot of it was unnecessary but while I perceived it this way I saw the purpose of it. The purpose was to make sure that there was not any questions as to why the decisions were made, it made more sense to add the detail than to leave it out and confuse the reader/listener. How the story ended was a little abrupt and did not leave much detail on who won the battle of Troy but it did include a text link to more reading and history on the battle which was nice. If there is an abrupt ending to one of my stories I would probably be likely to leave a link to more reading about the information given.

 Achilles and Ajax Strategizing War Plans

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Bibliography: "Homer's Iliad" as told by A.J. Church Webtext