But I can think of so many modern great books that do it better: Les Miserables, A Tale of Two Cities, and so many other great works do it better.
I know that these stories are part of the canon and are part of our vocabulary and so I took my medicine. and no one has ever done it better than Homer. At the every end, in his appendix, Fry says that these stories show all the human weaknesses: envy, pride, lust, etc. There are books about war (War and Peace, Stalingrad are two of the best) that can evoke all the emotions and be real, presenting real characters who are developed with all the human flaws. So much hyperbole: the most beautiful, the most valuable, the most powerful. Maybe no war has a really good reason, but this is totally absurd, and they know it. But I wasn’t impressed with the Odyssey and the Iliad in high school, and though 50+ years later I have come to appreciate many books that I didn’t enjoy so much in high school (Dickens, whom I now love, for example), this has not improved with (my) age. Stephen Fry is a delight to listen to, and I doubt anyone could have done a better job with the story of the Trojan War and all the myths that accompany it. Build your empire through strategy, statecraft, diplomacy and all-out war, as you conquer this vast and striking recreation of the Bronze Age Mediterranean.I said that “a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down” in my review of one of the previous volumes. Dive into a character-led narrative drama and overcome your antagonists. Realize your legend as one of eight iconic heroes. Experience the events surrounding the era-defining Trojan War, brought to life as never before.
Through Total War’s unique blend of grand, turn-based empire management and spectacular real-time battles, Troy explores this epic conflict from both the Greek and Trojan perspectives – peeling back the layers of myth and legend to reveal the realities that may have inspired them. TROY is the latest Total War Saga title inspired by Homer’s Iliad, it focuses on the historical flashpoint of the Trojan War, evolving the series with new period-inspired features. A Total War Saga: TROY Pre-Installed Game For there, on the battlefield before the great city, legends will be born. The Greeks set course for Troy, towards inevitable war and slaughter. He summons Achaean heroes from far and wide, among them swift-footed Achilles and Odysseus of the silver tongue. He will bring his errant wife home – whatever the cost! King Agamemnon, wide-ruling lord of finely-walled Mycenae, hears his brother’s call. As they sail away, Helen’s husband, king Menelaus, curses her name. Audacious Paris, prince of Troy, takes beautiful Helen from her palace in Sparta. Yet it takes only a single impulsive act to spark a conflict that will shake the world. In this legendary age, heroes walk the earth.
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