Yeah, I really enjoyed the Iliad too, read it back in my freshman year in college. Liked it more than the Aeneid or the Odyssey. Great War story with cool characters... plenty of them assholes!
A few things I remember...
Cassandra-- what a horrible fate to be able to see the future clearly... but no one believes you! Kinda like being the parent of a teenager...
Paris's choice-- he could have had endless wealth and power, but of course he chooses the hot chick...
Achilles-- still remember how Achilles dragged Hector's corpse all around the city, just so he could rub it in to Hector's father. Yep, plenty of assholes in that story, but Achilles was definitely one of the worst.
BTW, my hometown is Ithaca (in upstate NY). So Odysseus and I have that in common...