One of my summer reads this year was a slow journey through Homer’s Iliad—the great archetype of our war stories, action movies, and (in a way) superhero universes. Among other insights, I was stru…| joshuamcnall.com
On August 24th, 2024, Elon Musk, who is currently one of the richest, most powerful, and most influential human beings on the planet, tweeted, “Can’t recommend The Iliad enough! Best as Penguin audiobook at 1.25 speed.” He accompanied these words with a link to the audiobook edition of E. V. Rieu’s 1946 prose translation of … Continue reading "What’s the Problem with Elon Musk’s ‘Iliad’ Advice?"| Tales of Times Forgotten
There are currently two Greek Myth Comix-designed games. Click each to find out more: Bellum Sacrum The Iliad Deck/Trojan War Playing Cards Bellum Sacrum (not currently available :( ) The card game…| Greek Myth Comix Shop
PDF The Iliad, or, The Poem of Force was written in the summer and fall of 1940, after the fall of France .. It may thus be read as an indirect commentary on that tragic event, which signalized the…| communists in situ