Hey there again. How do you like the title? Makes me want to listen to Slayer. As of right now I don't believe that I have any followers..... I'll save my desperate pleas for about 3 months from now. But enough about me. Let's talk about Homer. Simpson?
This chapter was pretty fun. It lost most of its momentum at the end though. As you can tell from the title, there is blood raining from the sky in this chapter. Maybe they missed a step in the Rain Dance. Either way with all the fighting in this chapter the ground was going to be blood soaked anyway. There was a lot of back and forth between the Trojans and Achaians. And guess what! Alexandros is helpful! Our little boy is growing up. Now he makes his insults after he inflicts wounds. Still not the most manly Trojan, but at least he's trying.
To sum up there was raining blood, fighting, alexandros helping and, as always, a loooooooooong narrative by Nestor. This time he's pleading to Patroklos. I would be afraid to read Nestor's autobiography. I think War and Peace would be shorter in comparison.
I'm still liking the book so far. It does get awfully grating. But what can I say. This book was written a looong time ago. I'm a new generation. No real effects to speak of. I don't feel any smarter. But it has given me some new material to discuss with my Dad. (Hi Dad. I'm on the internet!)
That's good enough for now. Bye.
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