Reposted by @yournerdy.bsky.social
Man, the first line of the Iliad always just SHREDS.
“Goddess, sing of the cataclysmic wrath of Achilles…which made men the spoils of dogs, a banquet for the birds.”
ARE YOU KIDDING ME.
THAT is how you open a story. THAT is how you hook an audience.
Homer gets me. Bless up that dead poet.
