Does anyone read The Iliad for school?

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<p>:O</p>

<p>Homer isn’t a big fan of Platonic forms</p>

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<p>*Does anyone read The Iliad for school? *</p>

<p>Yeah, once upon a time.</p>

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<p>I think Plato would’ve loved a society with working robots.</p>

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<p>I would have silver for blood.</p>

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<p>My 11th grade english class last year read the Iliad, the Odyssey, Dante’s Inferno, Mythology, Crime and Punishment, and a bunch of other things. It was ridiculous. And we only have it for half a year since we’re on a block schedule so it was like a book every week and a half. How can you be expected to read those books that fast?</p>

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<p>We;re reading the Fagles translation. the story is just epic [literally]</p>

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<p>The Divine Comedy is surprisingly not funny or interesting</p>

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<p>^agreed…</p>

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<p>Just my opinion, but Virgil showing me 19768543 dead people wasn’t as hilarious as Dante apparently found it</p>

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<p>We did read the The Adventures of Odyssey or something like that in 7th grade…</p>

<p>It was really watered down</p>