The Aenead so far is a lot less of a shit show that the iliad. Tho only read book 1. Some notable things tho:
- Venus sprinkled her son is sexy dust
- Juno went to the winds like, yo I'll give u brood mare wife if u start a storm to kill those Trojans over there, winds went, bet.
- iulus seems to be between a year old and 13, we do not know, he says his first word after he has done archery and ridden a horse.
- oh and love is an infection.
Glaucus: *killing Greeks and even wounding Aphrodite*
*Sees Diomedes*
Glaucus: You know what, I'm good.
The Iliad is insane. Like batshit crazy. I'm only on book 4 so far. Its chaotic af
- More 💖drama💖 than any soap opera.
- Achilles asking his mom to kill everyone just cos they upset him
- Achilles Daddy Issues!
- Achilles & Patroclus seem cute in theory, but ACHILLES DOESN'T DESERVE PATROCLUS.
- Thetis is a mafia mommy, literally every God owes her.
- hera just like if I kill ur fav city, u can kill mine
- Helen literally calls herself a slut
- Hector calls his brother paris: "sex crazed seducer", & "should never have been born" & "disgrace"
- We love Hector.
- ACHILLES IS A DISNEY PRINCESS!!!!!
- Ares just vibin in all the death.
- we live to be as petty as Eris
- almost all female characters are girlboss, gatekeep, gaslight.
- all homeric heroes literal psychopaths.💀
- agamemnon's brother gets shot, he literally makes a speech about how that affects him - Menelaus literally comforts him while bleeding
- athene grabs Achilles' hair and stops him from lunging to kill someone, while invisible. That most look so silly.
- We also love Nestor 😍