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| Alex |
| An introduction of sorts or easy to understand books on Greek or Roman literature? |
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| Alex |
| quote: | Originally posted by Spacey Orange
The Iliad? |
Yup. Will re-read that of course!
Anymore? |
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| Jon_Snow |
| Sorry but Greek literature has always been my Achilles' heel. |
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| Alex |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jon_Snow
Sorry but Greek literature has always been my Achilles' heel. |
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| infiniteJEST |
From my bookshelf...
Parnassus Revisited: modern critical essays on the epic tradition by Anthony Yu. It covers a bit more than just Greeks & Romans, by Jove, focusing mainly on the composition/context/reception of the Odyssey, Iliad, Beowulf, Divine Comedy, Paradise Lost, etc. Epic oral (lol) poetry is a lost art of badass: wandering bards with booming voices, prayers to the Muse, free lodging and food for a spoken account of faithful swine-herds & goddamned spears thrown everywhere.
I myself got a used copy from just about my favorite bookstore ever: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sea...d&sts=t&x=0&y=0. |
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| Alex |
| quote: | Originally posted by infiniteJEST
From my bookshelf...
Parnassus Revisited: modern critical essays on the epic tradition by Anthony Yu. It covers a bit more than just Greeks & Romans, by Jove, focusing mainly on the composition/context/reception of the Odyssey, Iliad, Beowulf, Divine Comedy, Paradise Lost, etc. Epic oral (lol) poetry is a lost art of badass: wandering bards with booming voices, prayers to the Muse, free lodging and food for a spoken account of faithful swine-herds & goddamned spears thrown everywhere.
I myself got a used copy from just about my favorite bookstore ever: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sea...d&sts=t&x=0&y=0. |
Cool man, thanks a lot! |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jon_Snow
Sorry but Greek literature has always been my Achilles' heel. |
Hm. IGK would have spelled it 'heal', so I'm confused... |
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| infiniteJEST |
IGK would have a recommendation or two of his own... Greeks get geeky over boys but the Romans saw, conquered, and came (in various orders), as written in the Satyrica of Gaius Petronius:
| quote: | Originally posted by Wikipedia
The surviving portions of the text detail the misadventures of the narrator, Encolpius, and his lover, a handsome sixteen-year-old boy named Giton. Throughout the novel, Encolpius has a hard time keeping his lover faithful to him as he is constantly being enticed away by others. Encolpius's friend Ascyltus (who seems to have previously been in a relationship with Encolpius) is another major character. It is one of the two most extensive witnesses to the Roman novel, the only other being fully extant Metamorphoses of Apuleius, which is quite different in style and plot. It is also extremely important evidence for the reconstruction of what everyday life must have been like for the lower classes during the early Roman Empire. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyricon |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| 16? Who do you think he is? His father?! |
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