Title: The Iliad
Author: Homer
Written: circa 700 BCE
Translator: Samuel Butler, 1898
Pages: 407
Structure: 24 “books”, each about 400 to 900 lines (10 to 20 pages) long.
The Iliad is the greatest book I have read. It’s hard work, but worth it. This epic of passion, bitterness, heartache and mercy are unparalleled in any literature or religious works available today. Any.
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At the start of 2025, I realized that I had not read as many books as I would have liked to, and decided to do something about it.
I feel like there are so many good books, and not enough time, so my strategy is to concentrate on the “great” works of literature. They might be difficult, but I figure reading is like riding a bike – riding up steep hills might be difficult at the start, but if you persevere, your legs get stronger, and you are able to visit more stunning places.
So it is with reading. I figure if I exercise the literary “muscles” in my head for a while, it might be easier for me to enjoy more good books, and (hopefully) gain a better insight into other times and places, and so have a better idea of what it means to be human.
Will it work? Who knows! But it’s worth trying.
