#// I would adore a full list of funny Iliad moment skajnfksjdf //
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hermesseus · 14 days ago
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Still not over "father I've been stabbed, control your daughter" -> "shut up son I hate you, you're just like your mother, just die already"
The Iliad is probably one of the funniest books I ever read
Like I'll be having a not-so-good day, then remember how Hector had given himself an entire pep talk to fight Achilles. He saw Achilles running full speed towards him and proceeds to just book it.
Or when Menelaus got shot by an arrow in like in an ultimately nonfatal spot, and Agamemnon begins prematurely mourning him while he's standing there like 🧍‍♂️” you're scaring the men.”
Or when Odysseus is walking around the camps with a royal scepter and is just beating people with it if he finds them packing or suggesting to leave.
Or when Hector is brainstorming on how to face Achilles and for a moment goes, “Maybe I could talk with him, we’re both princes, we can both be rational, I could reason with him… that's a horrible fucking idea.”
I have more, but these, in particular, really tickle me.
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