![]() Where his Iliad focuses on a pivotal moment of the Trojan War, here we move on to see what happened after the fall of Troy. Rieu) is, of course, one of the absolute classics of western literature, written (or orated) by the Greek poet Homer in (possibly…) the eight-century BC. Grab a seat and settle down for a lengthy story – it’s a good one, I promise… In many ways, it was a familiar journey, and yet there were a few surprises along the way. ![]() However, it was always my intention to combine that reread with a first look at the book that underpins Ulysses, and today’s post examines how I got on with my trip around the Greek seas. Last week’s post on Terence Killeen’s Ulysses Unbound mentioned how the book pushed me into a reread of James Joyce’s epic-in-a-day, and I’m currently cruising nicely through that (although I fear I’m about to hit rougher seas). ![]()
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