what do I need to read/know before reading the Iliad?
What do I need to read/know before reading the Iliad?
Colton Turner
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Jonathan Green
> Hero X is in trouble and might possibly die
> God Y shows up and saves him
every fucking time
James Jenkins
english
Evan Gray
...
Carter James
You need to know ancient greek to actually understand it's magnitude and not just be a pseudo
Nicholas Richardson
Here's Yale's course on ancient Greece:
youtube.com
Elijah Sanders
The way Homer portrays gods actually disappointed me. I always respected Greek mythology, until I read the Iliad. They came across as anthropomorphic superheroes and villains, not as omnipotent supernatural forces
Eli Collins
Jacob Cox
If you don't want to be a pseudo then you need to grow up speaking ancient Greek while being surrounded by native speakers otherwise you won't truly understand it's magnitude.
Owen Nguyen
Nothing. Hesiod's Theogony, maybe some basics on the gods.
Like comic books, you can go back and forth between episodes.
Dominic Brooks
The fault lies in yourself not homer. That's how the Greeks viewed Gods
Gabriel Clark
Ah yes, extreme reasoning. No wonder no one after the greeks understood it, to the point it hasn't at all influenced anything on nowadays civilization
Ryan Ramirez
This person does not know Ancient Greek, or any language other than English.
Eli Hall
εγώ είνα έλλενας
Nolan Turner
And how many of those people read it in translated languages? Probably most of them...
>using spaces
Hudson Richardson
>And how many of those people read it in translated languages? Probably most of them...
Ah yes, translation sure were that available for more most of our history, also it's not like there was a thing at the church/universities after that was called classical formation which involved learning both latin and ancient greek
>using spaces
I am speaking in modern greek asshole, why are you so insecure?
John Allen
wow, you have truly proven that you know this language. I take back everything I said.
William Howard
ok believe whatever you want angry boy
Isaiah Jackson
>achilles is about to kill hektor
>apollo pulls him into a mist
>achilles is about to kill hektor again
>Apollo pulls him into the mist
>achilles is about to kill hektor a third time
>le mist
greatest work in Western literature my fucking ass.
Jayden Nelson
argives = greeks
It took me a while to realize this.
Jason Ramirez
Take your time in finding the irony of your comment.
Nolan Reyes
Many of the names don't matter in the overall scheme. Although sometimes it's fun to pick a favorite minor character and just see how often they do something or whether or not they survive.
Jason Smith
why are you being so gay about this ? its about the book in question not your sexuality
Noah Powell
>I always respected the Americanized, dumbed-down, cartoonish vision of Greek mythology I believed in before I read the actual sources
ftfy