The Iliad

I've never heard of anyone reading the Iliad without knowing that troy was defeated, about the trojan horse, and Achilles health beforehand.
This has probably been the case for 3000+ years.

>>9817870
I do know the story. But going as far as giving the details of Patroklus' death is really something

>tfw you're reading a book on WW2 and the author just suddenly drops the fact that the Allies won

WHAT THE FUCK

>>9817848
Homer was telling the story of a conflict that happened about 450 years before his time, everybody knew about the details.

> tfw reading book on dinosaurs, about to solve nigh impossible enigma of where they all went
> book cover spoils ending with dinos watching meteor in nightsky

MOTHERFUCKER

>reading the Bible
>introduction spoils that Jesus get killed
FUCK

> hear good things about The Giving Tree
> title of book spoils entire plot

CUNT