>athena and hera say no fighting >achilles proceeds to rhythmically insult Agamemnon for a whole page>after he already insulted him through poetry thoroughly is the entire story just rap battles? where is the action? I'm a /tv/ Nolan tourist btw.
>>25429485That’s just the first book. Most of the poem is people getting gored by spears
>>25429485also who says "listen to nestor" in line 304? I thought nestor was speaking until this line, then I went back and didn't see another speaker introduced. is nestor speaking in the third person?>>25429490epic
>>25429485So this is what they meant by “epic rap battles of history”.
Are you black or White?
>>25429490the battle passages are perfunctory and, except for the pleasant similes that embellish them, can be skipped without offence to homer.
>>25429655Fag
>>25429485>athena and hera*Athena and Hera*Achilles >Is this a rap battle?It was a hexametric epic SONG
>>25429690they were cartoons to sate his reactionary and anti-intellectual audience. he barely bothered to get his military background accurate, his fighting is a careless muddle and he indiscriminately mixed up modern and outmoded weapons.
>>25429485How would you feel if you didn't have breakfast this morning?
>>25429655>>25429724Embarrassing smoothbrained opinions.
>>25429485>rap battleLike this?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhMsQWH4Cqc
>>25429775where did i lose you?
>>25429724homer is dead, idiot. you couldn't offend him if you tried.
