If understanding this book completely is the only thing that I ever use for my Bachelor's degree in Classics, I will be very okay with it. I bought this second-hand after hearing a lot about it in booktok and I was terrified to read it. I spend four years in school studying the ancient world and began by reading the Iliad in English and ended in translating it from Homeric Greek. After the over five times I read it I still didn't quite understand every aspect of it. Miller, being a Classics professor has such an amazing grasp on the history, the myth, the people, and the places that make this one of the best modern retellings of the story. When I was reading it, it was like I picked up another version from Homer that he hadn't published. By the end of the book I was sobbing, it was so real, so heartbreaking, and so beautiful at the same time. Even if you aren't a fan of Greek mythology, I still recommend this book to everyone.