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iamscribbler @imravi (2337) • India 4 Nov 15

Yesterday i completed reading Homer's Iliad. The epic is too much interesting.The reason behind the epicness of iliad is its no. of characters,passion for glory,the way in which war is defined,the powers of the mortals,intervening...

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Has anyone read Omiros? Do you read Omiros?

apaiktos @apaiktos (158) • Greece 10 Mar 08

Omiros was an ancient Greek epic poet. Lived between 700 BC - 800 BC and he wrote Iliad and Odyssey. In Iliad describes the war between Greeks and Troyans which lasted 10 years. All began when the prince of Troy and brother of...

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Try Troy

mj_jabez @mj_jabez (59) • Philippines 17 Dec 07

Any one read the Iliad? Do you think that the Movie Troy has given justice to the original epic? Which is better the original text or the movie?

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Iliad

mrddln @mrddln (457) • Philippines 17 Jul 07

what do you think of the story iliad?

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have you read iliad & odyssey by homer?

shadowcat_018 @shadowcat_018 (835) • Philippines 17 Apr 07

i think this is a great book and story ever told about greek literature... its all about war, travel and greek gods... sooo good! and the movie versions are nice too like Troy! ;)

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brad pitt as achilles

shogunly @shogunly (1397) • Libya 10 Jan 07

its been almost 2 years since the movie came out , i still can't get over seeing brad pitt cast as achilles! i mean , wouldn't pitt be more suitable as the womanizing paris? come on, in the iliad achilles, though he had almost...

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Homer's Iliad and Valmiki's Ramayana, any common factor between them?

arlerambabu @arlerambabu (1079) • India 29 Dec 06

In both the Epics great wars were waged over a woman.In Iliad Helen elopes with Paris.In Ramayana,Sita was abducted by Ravana,the demon king.