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I feel like large sections of this could be replaced with "there was a large battle that resulted in this" and nothing would be lost.

Honestly, the sheer number of characters who get named, and have detailed backstories explained, for the sole purpose of immediately dying is, frankly, tiring.

"So princely Agripholus was the son of Argontus, and he was raised in the fertile lands of Haetus, known for their wooly sheep and swift-footed boys, with a score of donkeys and five score of steeds. And his shining armour reflected brightly, and the silver clasps were gifts from noble Pontiphus, who claimed them from the battle of Tiphus. Anyway, he's dead. Agamemnon speared him above the left nipple." Repeat ad nauseum.

Ooohh, very good. Continuing on that "Bicentennial Superman" line that the first TPB started with, but throw in some (more) family drama!

Let's continue this distraction.

Eh... it was okay.

Slight break from Greek poetry...

This afterword, presented without further comment, is the last text on the last page of this book, and it is such a beautiful honouring of friendship between two writers who simply enjoyed each other's stories.

@futzle That would drive me mental...

I'm reading this for two reasons: 1. I've been playing a lot of Hades recently, which has a lot of Greek characters in it (e.g., Achilles and Patroclus). 2. Christopher Nolan's next project is The Odyssey. So I want to read that, and I don't want to read it before reading this.

However, I'm already immediately disappointed that in this translation all the names of Greek gods are "translated to English" (according to Bryant); so we have Jupiter instead of Zeus, etc.