"Helen of Troy," oil on panel, 1863, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
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As I've been reading Caroline Alexander's translation of The Iliad, I've posted a brief synopsis of each book I complete on Twitter. Here are my collected Twitter synopses of books one through four.
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BOOK 1
Agamemnon and Achilles in conflict. Women as war chattel. Council of the gods at the request of Thetis (Mom).
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BOOK 2
Zeus sends Dream. Speeches and more speeches. A genealogy of ships, armies, leaders, locations. War machines!
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BOOK 3
Trojans and Achaeans face one another. Paris and Menelaos battle for Helen's hand. Aphrodite intervenes.
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BOOK 4
Athena sparks war. Blood of Menelaos. Ares and Athena push men forward into battle. The deaths begin.
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