May 10, 2004

Troy
Ashleigh

I am anxious about Troy too! I think I read somewhere that it focuses more on Achilles and is not especially true to Homer's Illiad. Oh well. However, I am mad about Sean Bean playing Oddysseus. I think he would have made a perfect Aeneas (basically a Trojan Oddysseus). The Aeneid (Virgil) is my absolute favorite book, and I see that quite a few of you have read a lot on Ancient History (so I'm assuming some of you are well read on classics). For those that have read the book/epic poem, do you think The Aeneid should be made into a movie? Do you think Sean Bean would have made a good Aeneas? And for those of you that have not read The Aeneid, I recommend it! The Fitzgerald translation is the best, I feel. It is a kind of hard, long read, but it is definitely worth it.