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RomeoTrickshot t1_j2b2tff wrote

Reply to comment by That-Requirement-285 in 4chan /lit/'s 2022 top 100 books of all time by pizzapastamix

Odyssey is miles better than the iliad

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GFVeggie t1_j2b4gmi wrote

I think the other way around. To each his own.

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Diogenes56 t1_j2bnbgu wrote

Instead of comparing them, consider this take espoused by some Classicists: there are two types of people, Iliad people and Odyssey people.

A colleague shared that with me (I also prefer the Odyssey).

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That-Requirement-285 t1_j2b6gsk wrote

I prefer Odyssey to the Iliad but I just preferred the subject matter more in general.

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