All I remember was Cyclops and the Trojan Horse.
Never read the thing.
It surprisingly does hold up even today.
If you read it you would see that what the book says and our perceptions of it are two different things.
Achilles is a great warrior but in the illiad is a disgusting man who raps, desecrated the body of Hector, etc
Hector comes off as the more noble while Menelaus and the other Achaens look seedy.
It is quite a morality story.
Some of those ancient Greek or Roman plays are very readable.
Before you dive into Homer, try the works of Lucian of Samosata, a Syrian from the 2nd century and you would find his farces, etc very enjoyable!