/clas/ - Classical Greek and Roman Literature Thread

Just finished reading SPQR so I may pick up the Aeneid finally. Then I'm going to read a bio of ceaser

I think the only real prerequisite for Aeneid is Odyssey.

>read the suppliants
>its a massive sjw propaganda piece
didn't know ancient greeks were so progressive

Mostly the Athenians.

(((the Greeks)))

Are the Enneads worth reading ?

>reading the Hellenica
>book promises much after Xeno is done with the Peloponnesian war
>Corinthian war begins
>It's another series of battle reports and ledgers

I can't stand this shit lads, are the Roman historians or is the Anabasis like this too?

The Greek historian I liked the most was Herodotus before he went into minute detail on the Greek mobilization against the Persians, so the last 3 books, is there another author that mimics that feel?

Knowing a bit of history is useful as well

Maybe Xenophon's Anabasis?

It's about (mythical) founding of roman empire, so (more than casual) knowledge of roman history isn't really required and it's closely modeled after Odyssey.

Of course study of roman history is worthwhile, but it shouldn't really be motivated by wish to understand Aeneid.

have the classics become irrelevant when it comes to visual arts?

>tfw no ancient Greek gf

luckily you can still get modern greek gf

Modern greeks are mud-shitskins
They are NOT the same White race Greeks who wrote Aenid.

lel

>Greeks
>hu-white
>wrote Aeneid

t. Filthy Abo

Is this the best general fall of Roman Empire book? What's the new age one?

It's inaccurate. It's a totem. At least pick accurate totem.

Goldsworthy and Hollande have the best general Rome books

Mommsen isn't nearly as fun to read, and can be torturous when he goes into the minutiae of minor Roman Laws, though I do like his descriptions of individuals

for art history studies? they've never been
for actual art production? yeah, although some well known artists from the latter half of the 20th century used greek motifs and themes into their artworks (e.g. cy twombly and mark rothko), but it mostly abstract art. the last time classicism was really relevant in the plastic arts was with the symbolists in the early 20th century.

I only read classical literature and philosophy so to me ancient history is a succession of myths and tragedy and I like it to be that way.

Feels bad man

I feel it can use a resurrection.