Blogging “The Iliad” – 70
As he spoke he felled Pisander from his chariot to the earth, smiting him on the chest with his spear, so that he lay face uppermost upon the ground. Hippolochus fled, but him too did Agamemnon smite; he cut off his hands and his head–which he sent rolling in among the crowd as though it were a ball.
Uh…yeah. Okay. Whatever.
There’s been a whole lot of smiting going on in The Iliad. Frankly, it’s a little dull. It was more interesting when Achilles and Agamemnon were arguing about women.
A person would have to be into that whole “warrior thing” to enjoy this stuff. For a tree-hugger like me, it’s just sort of boring and stupidly violent.
I’m determined to see it through to the end, though. Only…argh!…104 more episodes to go!
Posted by RebeccaHartong on April 24, 2007 under Uncategorized
Heh, heh…. it just occurred to me that there’s a wee bit of a “disconnect” between this post — where I complain about The Iliad’s violence — and my previous post where I enthusiastically support painful execution of murderers.
Hey, what can I say. I’m a complex person.
LOL! We all have our moments, Rebecca. For me, I’m against the death penalty — except in the case of spammers.