Folks might be interested in this item written by a first-year Columbia student who was all hyped to read the Iliad, then didn’t really like it. But she does recognize what the problem is/was … from the Spectator:
Also Seen: The Iliad? Meh … Mehbe Not
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I don’t blame her for finding it dull if she is reading an English prose version. There’s no getting away from it: you gotta learn Greek to appreciate Greek poetry!
An English Prose version at that, so foozled as to present Menelaus, Paris, and Helen as the central characters.