/lit/ - Literature

Ok, so where the FUCK is the rest of the story? Where's the fucking horse? Where's the fucking apple? What the fuck were these assholes doing for the first 9 years of the war? What, no one important died? Nothing important happened? Agamemnon kills his daughter and it's just muh 9 years later?

Now that the dust has settled, was Thersites really in the wrong here?

I don't get it, who were the good guys?

Somebody redpill me on the Illiad by Homer.

Hey, /lit/. Want to read The Iliad (and currently reading a primer on Ancient Greece) but I'm currently also finishing up a degree. I feel somewhat intimidated by this work although I have read mostly 1800s texts and know a decent amount of history. I've just never tackled anything as lengthy and archaic before. Should I wait until after my studies (finish up in the summer) or just go right for it at the cost of not being able to dedicate full concentration? Also, for a first time reader would you suggest prose or poetry? And which translation?

just read the arguments bro

i mean i am not losing anything right?