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If there ever was a classical book, I guess this is it. Attributed to Homer and considered to have been written around the 8th century BC. It took me quite some time to read it. There are a lot of descriptions of people, who they are, the son of ... from ..., and fighting scenes which I don't always find very thrilling. However, it is a great story and the writing is fine even with our modern minds. I think most of you are familiar with the theme of the Trojan war, and the story, so will not go into this here.  In my Penguin Classics edition there is a summary of each book which helps a lot. Throughout the book I noted a few interesting quotes. Book 9: " My mother, the silver-footed goddess Thetis, says that I have two fates that could carry me to the end of death. If I stay here and fight on round the Trojans' city, then gone is my homecoming, but my glory will never die: and if I come back to my dear native land, then gone is my great glory, but my life will stretch long...

February is almost at an end. I must admit that I have been in another world this month, or two different worlds might be more correct. The theme for my own February challenges is  Antiquity, Greek Gods and Other Tales.  I find the Greek gods quite a fascinating subject, and I have been totally absorbed by three books; Homer's The Iliad  (still reading), Ariadne by Jennifer Saint and The Song of Achilles  by Madeline Miller. On top of that I got hooked on a TV-series based on the All Soul Trilogy  by Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches. I watched the three seasons, and 25 episodes in about 10 days. There we enter into a world of vampyres, witches, demons and other creatures. A great story. Now I am back to real life, which seems to be only grey clouds, rain and wind. Luckily, we can disappear into other worlds and stories when we need to.  Ariadne Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and listening...