Book 1 and 2

Starting with the beginning in book 1 there’s the introduction of an epic poem which involves rage, this seems that there is a disagreement of a sort where the two character are introduced Achilles and Agamemnon. Achilles seems to be proud and headstrong and Agamemnon seems to be Arrogant and selfish. Now the Trojan war is going on and the gods are interfering where Apollo is sending a plague on a Greek camp causing many soldiers to die. Later on Zeus also interferes in the war after being pleaded by his wife Hera. Zeus in book 2 interferes by giving Agamemnon a false dream which seems to be brainwashing him to do make questionable actions. So far this is my understanding of the first two books my Greek mythology it is not that well but from what I read things have been interesting. I was very surprised the gods were getting involved so frequently and Zeus was also getting involved when he stated before he did not want to interfere and help but was persuaded by Hera.

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  1. quite interesting, wonder how the influence of the gods will ebb and flow over the rest of the course of the story

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  2. I agree. The name of the characters were hard to follow but it was interesting to read about how the gods were taking part in the humans' conflict.

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