Greek Classics
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Greek Classics
Anybody have a favorite Greek play, epic, history or philosophical work?
My absolute favorite is Thucydides' political history, The Peloponnesian War. As for fiction, Aristophanes is always good for laughs. Not a big Odyssey fan, but the Illiad was interesting. Plato's Republic was pretty entertaining for a philosophical discourse... and the things you learn...
My absolute favorite is Thucydides' political history, The Peloponnesian War. As for fiction, Aristophanes is always good for laughs. Not a big Odyssey fan, but the Illiad was interesting. Plato's Republic was pretty entertaining for a philosophical discourse... and the things you learn...
"We probably could have saved ourselves, but we were too damned lazy to try very hard... and too damn cheap." - Kurt Vonnegut
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
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That was the whole idea!Avatar wrote:But perhaps a utopian one?
Have not read anything of Xenephon's yet, except in passing as I did research. Have been meaning to pick something up, but with all the other stuff on my list (Runes, Mordant's Need, George R R Martin, You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger), it will be a while.
"We probably could have saved ourselves, but we were too damned lazy to try very hard... and too damn cheap." - Kurt Vonnegut
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
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Iliad and Oddyssey
For both there are many versions available any stand out as particularly noteworthy or most true to the original. For example, Barnes and Noble under the publishing wing has a pocketsized hardcover edition that I think is translated by TE Lawrence (AFAIK, he's better known as Lawrence of Arabia)
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Re: Iliad and Oddyssey
Yep, thats the guy.taraswizard wrote:...translated by TE Lawrence (AFAIK, he's better known as Lawrence of Arabia)
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Through my study of Thucydides, I've discovered that following multiple tranlastions actually works best for getting the best possible picture of the original meaning. When I wrote my paper on Brasidas, I literally used five different translations, not to mention secondary sources based on still other translators. Now, when I go to read other Greek works, I already have a preference of translator in mind. Now If I only had time to learn the original Greek...
"We probably could have saved ourselves, but we were too damned lazy to try very hard... and too damn cheap." - Kurt Vonnegut
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall