sparknotes the iliad

The interaction between fate and free will A complicated theme, the interaction between fate and free will is present in every book of the Iliad. At times it seems that men have no real freedom. The gods intercede repeatedly, altering events as they please. But Homer was no determinist, and there is a place in the Iliad for human agency. At key points, Homer makes it clear that mortals make important choices, and a few times mortals nearly overturn the dictates of fate itself. Zeus's will determines much of fate, but even he is sometimes subject to a higher necessity that is never personalized in the Iliad

Stands up to the Western Canon...incredible. This puts the Iliad to shame and makes the Odyssey seem like child's play. The author's one and only work, but it's legacy will go on.

I really wanted to like this but like more than half of this is just sparknotes for the games with the mc not appearing for more than like 30 chapters. What's the point of having an mc that doesn't appear in like 60-75 percent of this story.

Despite the quality of the translation, I felt like so much was missing from the story. Any descriptions of what the MC did or made were vague and it seemed like events progressed in awkward ways for no general reason. (felt like I was reading a sparknotes summary during some chapters)

writing this here before I forget story idea: (sparknotes version) mc meets and befriends future herscher, life threatening situation = mc "dies" offers himself up to the honkai, unawakened herscher wakes up, mc becomes their contacted honkai beast or whatever it's called, and the story turns into a them vs the world. thought it would be interesting