While I found this reading more enjoyable than the Odyssey because of it's descriptions of scenery, a majority of my time was spent being completely and totally lost. I couldn't keep track of which god was which and what the main plot line was. It still shocks me how these gods behave. They are constantly baffling me in their interactions with each other. One minute they are bickering and the next they are whining. As a reader it is hard for me to imagine how people at one point found them worthy of praise. Another random thing that I though was interesting was the inclusion of one of the theories of how the great Roman Empire was founded by Romulus the boy raised by a she wolf. Again I am baffled by what these people believed.
P.S. I commented on Collingsworth's Post
I agree with you. It's very confusing. I had to make a diagram of who was with who and who belonged to whom and I still couldn't get it all straightened out. And you're right. How could they desire to worship such unholy gods?
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