Homer discovered!

I know Greek mythology is colossaly famous but no one really knows why. I mean, we have heard the words Iliad, Odyssey, Ulyssus, Homer being thrown around but I didnt really know who or what the hell these were till sometime back.
I watched the movie Troy recently (this is quite shocking but frankly it is the truth, I am that outdated) and I was very intrigued by the characters of Hector, Achilles and Breseis. Obsessed as I am with details, I began reading extensively through the trivia and pretty soon was compelled to start on a full translation of Homer's Iliad (Illius in Greek) and have started now on Odyssey. To say that thay are compelling reads is quite an understatement. They are poignantly breathtaking. And to think that it is volumes of poetic prose. God is really in the details, and if so that is the word for these amazing volumes, every character, every nuance, every emotion has been given its due space in the pages. I've been told that people do their doctoral thesis on parts of Hum 1 and Hum 2. Phew!
My personal favorite characters: Ulyssus and Hector. Yeah yeah, its not Achilles - There is some pattern to the people I like, for instance in Mahabharata my favorite characters are not the usual heroes but Karna. Its something like that. There is something heroic about standing by your convictions and fighting to death for them even if they are not the convictions the world lives by. As also, there is this unconditional respect I have for the mad genius kind of characters. So, till I discover another splendid read, its Homer all the way...