Homer's (the blind man's) poetry  IX as seen by the waiter

"Iliad I - Iliad II - Iliad III - Iliad IV - Iliad V - Iliad VI - Iliad VII - Iliad IIX - Iliad IX - Iliad X - Iliad XI - Iliad XII - Iliad XIII - Iliad IV - Iliad XV - Iliad XVI - Iliad XVII - Iliad XIIX - Iliad XIX - Iliad XX - Iliad XXI - Iliad XXII - Iliad XXIII - Iliad XXIV"

"Iliad IX"
 

IX

book nine

...and

I do things

for I have to do such

not seeing, not hearing, not feeling

and I do for that's what I was told to do

I do as mother tells me

bringing the fathers anger upon me,

I do as father tells me, having mother weeping,

I do as preachers tell me and the gods throw lightning at me,

I do as I think the gods want me to be

and become an outcast to society.

I battle my battle my daily battle, doing every one right, but

I know in the end of the battle,

I too shall get the ax and

I can already hear the gods laughing

at me.

  ...The soldiers' opinions...

"Iliad I - Iliad II - Iliad III - Iliad IV - Iliad V - Iliad VI - Iliad VII - Iliad IIX - Iliad IX - Iliad X - Iliad XI - Iliad XII - Iliad XIII - Iliad IV - Iliad XV - Iliad XVI - Iliad XVII - Iliad XIIX - Iliad XIX - Iliad XX - Iliad XXI - Iliad XXII - Iliad XXIII - Iliad XXIV"