homer/not homer simpson

b.banner · 11-08-2003, 06:58 PM

Anyone else a fan of Homer author of The Iliad and The Oddessy. I haven't actually read them myself but I am still a fan of the stories. There is a movie coming out based on The Illiad called Troy.

b.banner · 11-09-2003, 04:46 PM

Any Homer fans out there?

sun-star · 11-10-2003, 12:30 PM

I like the Odyssey. I listened to it on as an audiobook and found it really engrossing

hectorberlioz · 11-10-2003, 02:26 PM

oh yes, I like homer's stuff a lot.

OrnelÃrÃ« MistÃ« · 11-10-2003, 04:48 PM

In class we are reading selections from the Illiad and the Oddessey, and I like them very much. I read a part in the Oddessey today about the dog Odysseus left behind when he went to Troy. Then 20 years later he comes back, and the dog recognizes him and then dies. *tear*
The movie looks good but Orlando Bloom.

hectorberlioz · 11-10-2003, 05:00 PM

i liked the look of the movie, except the 'ahem ahem' part with orlando bloom.

b.banner · 11-10-2003, 10:20 PM

Quote:

The movie looks good but Orlando Bloom.

He isn't the best actor, but he is good in LotR.

***Earniel*** · 11-11-2003, 12:15 PM

I liked Homerus' Illiad and Odyssey a lot, it started me on the road of reading about mythology.

Although the first time I read the unabridged version of the Illiad I really had to urge myself to continue to read through that lenghty explanation of nearly every ship in the Greek fleet.

I quite liked how all the different Greek gods fought out their own private little disagreements on the battlefield as well.

I was mayorly disappointed that the Illiad stops right after Achilleus' death. Where was the famous bloody horse of Troy!? I was angry about that for a very long time and had to piece together what happened afterwards from several different sources. That was not so funny then, but now I find my ranting from back then rather hilarious.

Last Child of Ungoliant · 01-09-2005, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by EÃ¤rniel

I was mayorly disappointed that the Illiad stops right after Achilleus' death. Where was the famous bloody horse of Troy!? I was angry about that for a very long time and had to piece together what happened afterwards from several different sources. That was not so funny then, but now I find my ranting from back then rather hilarious.

on a slight correctional note, the Trojan Horse was an addition to the story of the Trojan war by much later Greek 'historians', and did not appear in either the war itself, or Homer's account titled the Illiad, which was written many hundreds of years after the war itself.

i love the oddysey

***Earniel*** · 01-10-2005, 05:53 PM

I had guessed it wasn't part of Homer's tale of the war but I didn't know it was added only so much later. I always viewed it as part of the body of Greek myths.

Manveru · 01-18-2005, 10:52 PM

havent read the iliad or the odyssey but i really want to
saw troy and thought it was awesome tho

***RÃan*** · 08-06-2005, 11:45 PM

I finished the Iliad recently and liked it very much - lovely strong language and moving descriptions. I really liked Hektor, the tamer of horses *sob*

I got a little tired of all the descriptions of various gory deaths, tho.

b.banner · 11-12-2003, 12:22 AM

I always liked the Trojans best. I've started reading The Iliad, not very far yet

ayarella · 11-12-2003, 02:04 AM

I read parts of the odyssey when i was 9. Homer was said to be the first story teller. He was not an author because he was blind and stories were passed down in those days.

I loved the story and read it recently.

b.banner · 11-14-2003, 05:30 PM

I finished the Iliad and Oddesey(abridged)

Lalaith_Elf · 02-01-2004, 09:27 AM

i love his work. i've read both the oddessy and the illiad, and i do classics for A level, so im getting to read them again

but they're diffrent translations so it's good to read diffrent versions of the same story. very interesting

Dreran the Green · 02-01-2004, 11:46 AM

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Originally posted by OrnelÃ*rÃ« MistÃ«
In class we are reading selections from the Illiad and the Oddessey, and I like them very much. I read a part in the Oddessey today about the dog Odysseus left behind when he went to Troy. Then 20 years later he comes back, and the dog recognizes him and then dies. *tear*
The movie looks good but Orlando Bloom.

Right now we're studying the Oddessey in english class as well. Actually, I'm doing a project about that same selection. The dog's name is Argus, isn't it?

The movie looks awesome from the trailer. I was very happy to hear Sean Bean will be in it...love that actor.

Falagar · 02-01-2004, 12:19 PM

I agree, the movie looks really promising!

I haven't finished the Illiad yet, working on it.

Lalaith_Elf · 02-01-2004, 01:34 PM

the movie does look good... but i'm worried they'll mess it up cos they don't wanna kill off any of the 'big name' actors.
i'm looking forward to it

Dreran the Green · 02-01-2004, 02:11 PM

My guess is bradd pitt is going to die, because I heard a rumour that bloom's character will live, and they'll be on opposing sides, won't they?

11-08-2003, 06:58 PM	#1
b.banner Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Trying to keep a hold on my temper so I don't turn into a big green guy. Posts: 572	homer/not homer simpson Anyone else a fan of Homer author of The Iliad and The Oddessy. I haven't actually read them myself but I am still a fan of the stories. There is a movie coming out based on The Illiad called Troy. __________________ "We are going to tickle some Aes Sedai under the chin, rescue a mule, and put a snip-nosed girl on the Lion Throne. Oh, yes. That's Aviendha. Don't look at her cross-wise or she'll try to cut your throat and probably slit her own by mistake."-Mat Cauthon from Wheel of Time "Don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry...."-Dr. Bruce Banner HULK BATMAN THE FLASH Last edited by b.banner : 01-17-2011 at 03:27 PM.

11-09-2003, 04:46 PM	#2
b.banner Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Trying to keep a hold on my temper so I don't turn into a big green guy. Posts: 572	Any Homer fans out there? __________________ "We are going to tickle some Aes Sedai under the chin, rescue a mule, and put a snip-nosed girl on the Lion Throne. Oh, yes. That's Aviendha. Don't look at her cross-wise or she'll try to cut your throat and probably slit her own by mistake."-Mat Cauthon from Wheel of Time "Don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry...."-Dr. Bruce Banner HULK BATMAN THE FLASH Last edited by b.banner : 01-17-2011 at 03:27 PM.

11-10-2003, 12:30 PM	#3
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I like the Odyssey. I listened to it on as an audiobook and found it really engrossing __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

11-10-2003, 02:26 PM	#4
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	oh yes, I like homer's stuff a lot. __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

11-10-2003, 04:48 PM	#5
OrnelÃrÃ« MistÃ« Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 482	In class we are reading selections from the Illiad and the Oddessey, and I like them very much. I read a part in the Oddessey today about the dog Odysseus left behind when he went to Troy. Then 20 years later he comes back, and the dog recognizes him and then dies. tear The movie looks good but Orlando Bloom. __________________ "Lot of people say this city looks like Hell," Allie said. She took a long drag from her cigarette. The glowing tip burned a hole in the darkness. "Most people never been to Hell," Jacob said. She looked at him and he could hear the smile in her voice. "And I suppose you have?"

11-10-2003, 05:00 PM	#6
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	i liked the look of the movie, except the 'ahem ahem' part with orlando bloom. __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

11-11-2003, 12:15 PM	#8
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	I liked Homerus' Illiad and Odyssey a lot, it started me on the road of reading about mythology. Although the first time I read the unabridged version of the Illiad I really had to urge myself to continue to read through that lenghty explanation of nearly every ship in the Greek fleet. I quite liked how all the different Greek gods fought out their own private little disagreements on the battlefield as well. I was mayorly disappointed that the Illiad stops right after Achilleus' death. Where was the famous bloody horse of Troy!? I was angry about that for a very long time and had to piece together what happened afterwards from several different sources. That was not so funny then, but now I find my ranting from back then rather hilarious. __________________ We are not things.

01-10-2005, 05:53 PM	#10
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	I had guessed it wasn't part of Homer's tale of the war but I didn't know it was added only so much later. I always viewed it as part of the body of Greek myths. __________________ We are not things.

01-18-2005, 10:52 PM	#11
Manveru Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 256	havent read the iliad or the odyssey but i really want to saw troy and thought it was awesome tho __________________ Earendel arose where the shadow flows At Ocean's silent brim; Through the mouth of night as a ray of light Where the shores are sheer and dim He launched his bark like a silver spark From the last and lonely sand; Then on sunlit breath of day's fiery death He sailed from Westerland

08-06-2005, 11:45 PM	#12
*RÃan* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	I finished the Iliad recently and liked it very much - lovely strong language and moving descriptions. I really liked Hektor, the tamer of horses sob I got a little tired of all the descriptions of various gory deaths, tho. __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ã‘Ã¡ Ã«?* Ã³Ãº Ã©Ã¤ Ã¯Ã¶Ã¼ Ã–Ã± Ã‰ Ãž Ã° ÃŸ Â® Ã§ Ã¥ â„¢ Ã¦ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lÃ³mÃ«! AurÃ« entuluva!

11-12-2003, 12:22 AM	#13
b.banner Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Trying to keep a hold on my temper so I don't turn into a big green guy. Posts: 572	I always liked the Trojans best. I've started reading The Iliad, not very far yet __________________ "We are going to tickle some Aes Sedai under the chin, rescue a mule, and put a snip-nosed girl on the Lion Throne. Oh, yes. That's Aviendha. Don't look at her cross-wise or she'll try to cut your throat and probably slit her own by mistake."-Mat Cauthon from Wheel of Time "Don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry...."-Dr. Bruce Banner HULK BATMAN THE FLASH Last edited by b.banner : 01-17-2011 at 03:32 PM.

11-12-2003, 02:04 AM	#14
ayarella Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: I am living in a large city with smog!!!!!! Posts: 27	HOMER I read parts of the odyssey when i was 9. Homer was said to be the first story teller. He was not an author because he was blind and stories were passed down in those days. I loved the story and read it recently. __________________ always trying to learn something- aya

11-14-2003, 05:30 PM	#15
b.banner Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Trying to keep a hold on my temper so I don't turn into a big green guy. Posts: 572	I finished the Iliad and Oddesey(abridged) __________________ "We are going to tickle some Aes Sedai under the chin, rescue a mule, and put a snip-nosed girl on the Lion Throne. Oh, yes. That's Aviendha. Don't look at her cross-wise or she'll try to cut your throat and probably slit her own by mistake."-Mat Cauthon from Wheel of Time "Don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry...."-Dr. Bruce Banner HULK BATMAN THE FLASH Last edited by b.banner : 01-17-2011 at 03:33 PM.

02-01-2004, 09:27 AM	#16
Lalaith_Elf Her Infernal Majesty Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,188	i love his work. i've read both the oddessy and the illiad, and i do classics for A level, so im getting to read them again but they're diffrent translations so it's good to read diffrent versions of the same story. very interesting __________________ "It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo Last edited by Lalaith_Elf : 02-01-2004 at 09:28 AM.

02-01-2004, 12:19 PM	#18
Falagar Death of Mooters and [Entmoot] Internal Affairs Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,870	I agree, the movie looks really promising! I haven't finished the Illiad yet, working on it. __________________ FÃ«anor - Innocence incarnated Still, AikanÃ¡ro 'till the Last battle.

02-01-2004, 01:34 PM	#19
Lalaith_Elf Her Infernal Majesty Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,188	the movie does look good... but i'm worried they'll mess it up cos they don't wanna kill off any of the 'big name' actors. i'm looking forward to it __________________ "It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo

02-01-2004, 02:11 PM	#20
Dreran the Green Lady of Legends Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Missing. Reward if found. Posts: 1,083	My guess is bradd pitt is going to die, because I heard a rumour that bloom's character will live, and they'll be on opposing sides, won't they? __________________ The end justifies the means, thought Aziraphale. And the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.* *This is not actually true. The road to Hell is paved with frozen door to door salesmen. On weekends many of the younger demons go ice-skating down it. ~Good Omens

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