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The Iliad
The Iliad
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Start date
July 1, 2012
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July 31, 2012
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Old School Classics, Pre-1915
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Old School Classic Group Read, July 2012

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Rachel
Nov 11, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics, fiction, hardbooks, poetry
One star is for me! I thought going into it this would be boring, stuffy and hard to read. I was wrong on all counts. The only thing is that I just don't like reading about war and battle scenes and descriptions of armor. But I loved everything else. ...more
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Jason
Sep 05, 2011 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: library, audio-book
Can't rate this any higher until I have time to read the cliff notes and figure it out more. I caught the general idea, but geez! ...more
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amanda
Aug 22, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Andrei Rybin
Apr 02, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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Carrie
May 31, 2012 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
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Dana Arbelaez
Jan 17, 2013 rated it really liked it
Ang
Jun 09, 2013 rated it did not like it
Jaci McCon
May 04, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Robyn Gail
Jul 11, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Holly
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RJ - Slayer of Trolls
May 13, 2016 marked it as wish-list
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Kai Coates
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