Remember that each translation has its own style and twist. Some authors will be shits (for the illiad akeles having a wank over Penthesilea in one re-telling vs weeping over her death, vs Penthesilea wracked with grief committing suicide)
For those who are short of time, and like a comedy angle: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001brj5 Haynes blasts through it in 30 minutes.
her books are also great as well
illiad is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000d7p2