I think you need to re-read Homer becuase there is very little physical fighting between gods and men in either epic. The gods might interfer in the affairs of the mortals  but that is only when saving the lives of mortals dear to them.

Most gamers wouldn't understand the reference. Name it 'Troy' perhaps, and you might be on to something.

the God of War games attempted to bring a bit of Greek Mythology to gaming, its a brutal hack and slash with very little poetic reference.

maybe playing as Kratos crashing through the streets of Troy, smashing Trojans and Greeks alike, hunting down Aries would be possible...

Yeah, that or punishing the mortals who have angered them -- which is generally more common when you're talking about the greek gods.  I'm not really sure where you got the idea I was talking about physical battles between gods and mortals...  was it when I said "gods who move among people like forces of nature," maybe?  Because I was actually talking about gods who move among people as forces of nature, there.

The idea of mortals not being able to survive seeing the true form of a god is a consistent theme in greek mythology, though I can't remember any examples from Homer.

diomedes DID spear ares in the stomach.. that'd be cool to play as..

Hey -- that's a good point, Bug. I didn't remember that. Take that, Mojo :)

Wow, poor Ares really gets it from all angles -- and then he gets rescued by Aphrodite and goes off crying to Zeus, right? Poor guy.

Oh well, I'm sure war destroyed Homer's* hometown or city at some point, so it all evens out in the end...



* (Of course, assuming Homer was a real person, as the argument goes.)

Iliad, Odyssey and Aeneid would all be awesome material for some video games.

While we're at it, why not make an Animal-crossing style game based on material from Theocritus's Idylls. I reckon that would be blast - very marketable to the mainstraim consumer, I'm sure.

Wait, I just remembered a (pretty awful) game named Battle for Troy. RTS, PC exclusive, released some years ago.

http://pc.ign.com/objects/676/676149.html

I played it for about 20 minutes before being bored out of my skull. It was a slightly more historically accurate Age of Mythology ripoff, with none of the awesome.

Some levels in AoM took place in Troy, but they weren't very accurate, because they all involved an Atlantean guy with an American accent running around, stabbing things with a spear.

Considering how butchered Dante's Inferno is likely to be, I'm mixed about them doing a game on Homer's epic. If they do however, I'm pretty sure it will not be a faithful retelling of the story. Games of this rare genre (books to game) generally do not remain faithful to their original text.

Objectively treating this as a game could net me hours of potential enjoyment, treating it has an adaptation of the classic text will inevitably result in me despising it.