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I enjoyed the audiobook version of these 2 books. I feel like I was able to appreciate it more having read The song of Achilles beforehand 🥰 I love Greek mythology so this was a hit for me. Although, long at parts I‘m happy to scratch it off my poster 🥰

Here‘s my review for a book I just finished reading.

I chose this book for the following prompts:

☑️ A book that I‘m curious about - #theunreadshelfproject
☑️ Odysseus | King Of Ithaca: The Odyssey or The Illiad by Homer, or a Greek mythology retelling - #greekmythologychallenge

I finished The Iliad today. Now, I‘m reading The Odyssey. I‘ve listened to the first 3 books so far. This is a 27 hour audiobook. I have 10 hours left. This is the stage production of The Iliad and The Odyssey. This is a lot to listen to but I‘m enjoying it. I‘ve never listened to 2 plays that are in the same audiobook.

I started this book. This is the stage production of The Iliad And The Odyssey presented by The Online Stage. I found this audiobook on Audible. I listened to the first 4 books and I like it so far. The play I‘m listening to first is The Iliad.

So I‘m trying to create a mythology unit for my first graders. It started with me playing some songs from Epic: The Musical to me reading a kid version of the Odyssey to them wanting more. Trying to think of how kid-friendly I can be when Zeus did so much damage with his libido.

#LittensDressedinBlood

My tentative Fall TBR stack! I actually plan on starting the Iliad next week, but the rest are some my picks for Sept-Nov, excluding my library book stack I‘m working through now. Lots of #screamathon selections as well as #darkacademia reads!

#TallShipCelebration #Siren

“They approach the island of the lovely Sirens, and Odysseus, as instructed by Circe, plugs his men's ears with beeswax and has them bind him to the mast of the ship. ... Once they have passed the Sirens' island, Odysseus and his men must navigate the straits between Scylla and Charybdis.“

 @CrowCAH

#Odyssey #QuotsyApr19 @TK-421

What are you all reading today?
#WhatAreYouReading

After reading Circe I've decided to get back into some Greek mythology again, so my boyfriend bought me this lovely edition 😊❤

#shelfie

Wonderful coming home to my parents house and seeing all my childhood books again!

His favourite place to #sleep? By the stack of #books of course. (Nothing to do with the warm radiator - nothing at all.) #blackcat

#StartingANewJanuary

When I #NeedAChangeOfPace I usually turn to some kind of 'classic.' Lately, it's been The Odyssey. Nothing like a good dose of ancient mythology to help get me going again.
@writerlibrarian

The child again 👋

Having finished The Iliad I am now onto The Odyssey much better! Also TBR some Spark for her centenary and some Butler for the Feminist Lit Reading group

Another hot, dirty day at the Michigan Renfaire... but it's harvest weekend and #SockSunday so I'm wearing my favorite socks. 🐿🦊

Book cover by #Studio42Books on etsy.

Work is slow today because of the heat (it's 90° here!), so I'm killing time with a book. Good thing I have a few #Studio42Books in the booth. 💛

I really love the cover art for both The Odyssey by Homer & The Iliad by Homer. Both books were published by Signet Classics. I'm a sucker for good cover art - as you know I tend to judge a book by its cover - a lot! I definitely shouldn't be doing that -
But what can I do? *sigh*

This is the kind of weirdness you get when you take a threenager and a nerdy old man to the bookstore...

"Noman is killing me by some kind of trick."
They sent their words winging back to him:
"If no man is hurting you, then your sickness
Comes from Zeus and can't be helped.
You should pray to your father, Lord Poseidon."

#feistyfeb day 9: #deckleedge. Not many deckle edged books in my collection, but these beautiful trade paperback editions of The Iliad and The Odyssey have them.

#aclassicyouhaventread #seasonsreadings16

I'm finally done with this one. ⚔️

"The Iliad" can be a bit hard to get into, it has long pauses and a few pages full of names that are IMPOSSIBLE to pronounce but.. it's really a good story.

Now, I would say "The Odyssey" is the epic journey every Mythology junkie would love. Definitely my favorite. Would recommend if you're into Greek Mythology ?

Finished The Iliad earlier today. It took me FOREVER but I truly enjoyed it. I'm probably going to take a break before starting The Odyssey, tho'. I'll like to get around something less heavy for now. 🙃

I couldn't pick anything else. My mum read a kids version of these to me and my sisters while we waited for our school ride when I was probably 7. It made me fall in love with literature, adventure, history, mythology and the ancient world. Still in my #top5 to this day and finally got them in these beautiful editions from Spain...a present from my mum, again. 🏛📚❤️ #septphotochallenge #somethingforsept

Besides the flowers in the attic books, which I tagged for recommendsday a couple of weeks ago, these 2 were the first books that were adult to me. I was forced to read them for humanities class in high school, and sometimes I was forced to read out loud so frankly I hated it at the time. Looking back they are great adventures though. If I had them now I would appreciate them more 😎👍

Of course this shows up the day AFTER National Donut Day.