the odyssey is more entertaining and you can read it as a kid you can read it as a grownup and its fucking great.
currently i am trapped in circe's island and all my crew has been turned into pigs and i can't get home-- yes, those funky greek myths apply even today.
anyway however that, the illiad is much more SUBLIME. you have to skip the endless repetitions, meant to be sung-- the fucking glory of those motherfuckers-- what a way to live and die-- compared to them, our century is populated by worms.
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