4/5 stars.
I finished reading it recently. I wanted to read both this one and The Odyssey before watching the new movie, but I did not make it in time. I ended up going to the cinema anyway. I haven't even started on the Odyssey yet. I hope I won't be picturing Matt Damon's face in my head through the whole book.
Great book. It's the Illiad, and enough about it has been said and written. It doesn't get a 5/5 because the whole thing about listing ships and armies and generals it's incredibly boring. A lot of repetition. I understand it's due to the oral nature of the poem, and I bet it was real fun when an aoido with a lyre sang it in front of a crowd. Reading it tho? Not so much.
Anyway, I'm quite proud of this find. I had researched on what edition and translation of this classic was the best, and pretty much everyone online agreed on the Gredos version. Since I planned on buying it second hand, I didn't have many expectations. Imagine my surprise when the bookshop owner, in a broken Spanish mixed with Porutguese, showed me exactly what I was looking for. Hardcover, letherbound, Ilíada editorial Gredos. And dirt cheap aswell. The only thing missing is some marginalia or small anotations left from the previous owners. I love reading those.
Since the new Nolan movie came out, popularity of these classics has risen. Finding la Odisea de Gredos will prove a challenge, I'm sure.