for a tragedy the iliad is pretty funny. compiled some of my favorite things about it (not in chronological order)
- patroclus barely speaks for most of the book but EVERYBODY loves him. like heâs literally the entire greek campâs precious meow meow. the ORIGINAL sweet little meow meow. even the GODS are sad and feel bad when he dies. even HOMER loves patroclus, always calling him âfaultless patroclusâ âmy patroclusâ âgentle patroclusâ âsweet patroclusâ WE GET IT. achilles, briseis, menelaus, ajax, literally every member of the greek camp is down ATROCIOUS for patroclus all bc heâs just one Really Nice Dude. just one very Sweet and Polite Fella. one Extra Special Guy <3 his whole narrative purpose is simply to be everyoneâs special little scrunkly
- in one of the MANY passages where achilles is lamenting about how sad it is that patroclus is dead he promises patroclusâ corpse that he will have many deep-bosomed trojan and dardanian women weep for him. he tells his dead buddy âi will get the absolute THICKEST hoes with the BIGGEST mommy milkers for your funeralâ honestly? id be honored
- all the arguments escalate so quickly. an old man very politely appeals to agamemnon to pretty please give his daughter back and offers him a huge fortune for her and agamemnon calls him a crotchety old bitch and tells him heâll fucking kill him if he ever sees him again
- that same old man is a priest of apollo. you know, the plague god? anyway priest calls in a favor and apollo curses the greeks with a plague
- to address this, achilles decides to resolve it by calling all the greeks together and passive aggressively going âHM! i WONDER what could have caused a PLAGUE! itâs almost like we OFFENDED the PLAGUE GOD somehow. now WHAT could WE (cough agamemnon) done to offend the PLAGUE GOD?????â all in front of agamemnon
- zeus spends most of the book desperately trying to keep the gods OUT of the war. then once heâs finally had enough he just calls them all together and says âgo nutsâ and then they do
- artemis talks shit on the battlefield so hera calls her a bitch, steals her bow, and beats her with it. artemis then goes back to zeus and cries
- polydamas says to hector âhey you killed patroclus and achilles is gonna be fucking pissed. we should probably go back to the city while we canâ and hector calls him a bitch and tells him to stfu. achilles then chases them back to the city and hector decides to stay outside and get killed by achilles instead of going in with the rest of the army bc he didnât wanna hear polydamas say âi told you soâ
- diomedes is about to fight with a guy called glaucus but then they realize their ancestors were friends or something so they decide not to kill each other, and diomedes says âhey! why donât we even trade armor! :) just as a show of friendship! :))â and glaucus is like âyeah sure!â and gives diomedes his really nice gold plated armor while glaucus gets diomedesâ shitty plain bronze armor
- achilles makes a bitchy comment to his horses about leaving patroclus to die and the horse momentarily gains the ability to talk just to tell achilles it wasnât THEIR goddamn fault, tells achilles heâs gonna die soon, and then goes back to being a normal horse.
- zeus with his daughters: oh child â¤ď¸ oh my dear â¤ď¸ oh there there i didnât really mean it â¤ď¸ sweetie why donât you go help the greeks?â¤ď¸
- zeus with his sons: âares you fucking donkeyâ
- everyone calling paris a stupid coward bitch every time they see him. all of troy fucking hates him. hector fucking hates him. helen fucking hates him.
- paris getting dressed up in fancy armor and prancing to the front lines going âiâll fight ANY of you greeks!â and menelaus (the guy whose wife he stole) goes âalright betâ and paris nearly pisses his pants and tries to hide but then his brother hector calls him a piece of shit and tells him he hopes he dies and makes him fight menelaus. menelaus promptly ROCKS HIS SHIT. literally starts dragging him by his helmet like a rag doll, wouldâve killed him if aphrodite hadnât teleported paris outta there (BOO)
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