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Are there any study guides or commentaries you recommend for The Iliad? I'm fine with reading it but I just know I'm going to miss a ton of details (example: line 235. I don't understand the context of this staff Achilles is swearing upon or what it is).

>> No.19260164

>>19260035
I would like to know this, too

>> No.19260309

>>19260035
>>19260164
no one? really?

>> No.19260663

>>19260035
This is not the first time /lit/ has disappointed me. They're still arguing on the giga schizo thread but noone could help us with an actual request. I'm sorry, anon.

>> No.19260692

>>19260035
why do you need a study guide for fiction? lol

>> No.19260743

>>19260663
Thread can last another 12 hours or so maybe so ... in the meantime I've just been actually reading it. There's some stuff I don't understand but fuck it. I can find some lectures on youtube or something afterwards, it will probably take me a few days to read this anyway.

>> No.19261062

>>19260035
>line 235
of what book of the Iliad?

>> No.19261088

>>19261062
book 1. achilles swears on a staff that has golden nails in it he will fuck agamemnon up for messing with briseus.

>> No.19261221

>>19261088
Scepter is being used in it's classical form here, "Skeptron" in Greek, which had the distinct purpose of being a king's symbol. It's also being passed around to signify that the person holding it has the right to speech and cannot be interrupted until he passes it on. Since it's Agamemnon's Skeptron, Achilles cursing it is him metonymically cursing Agamemnon.

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19261245

>>19260164
>>19260309
>>19260663
You guys could check this out. It really helps contextualize the setting of Homeric literature.

>> No.19261256

>>19261221
>Scepter is being used in it's classical form here, "Skeptron" in Greek, which had the distinct purpose of being a king's symbol. It's also being passed around to signify that the person holding it has the right to speech and cannot be interrupted until he passes it on. Since it's Agamemnon's Skeptron, Achilles cursing it is him metonymically cursing Agamemnon.

Awesome, that makes a lot of sense and gives colour to the scene. I wish my edition had good notes like that on the text. I am reading the Peter Green translation, and it is very readable and has good reviews, but it has a real lack of notes.

>>19261245
Cool, noted. Thanks.

>> No.19261271

>>19261245
more like homoerotic literature LOL

>> No.19261302

>>19261245
thank you!

>> No.19261310

>>19260035
if you bought a proper edition it should have come with notes in the back