So I fucking fell for the meme, I actually started with the Greeks and I'm loving it.
After reading Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History and Mythology I moved on to tragedies.
I just read Prometheus Bound and it left such a great impression on me I can't even describe it.
It's an ancient play, one of the oldest we have, about a simple man who was horrifically punished by the powers that be for the terrible crime of trying to bring light to the common people. I especially loved the words of Aeschylus, "No good deed goes unpunished".
Anything else like this?
Post recs and how far have you progressed with your Greek reading.
I read the Iliad and Odyssey over the summer. they were both absolutely fantastic and provided me with a renewed interest in literature, history and the world as a whole. The rivalries between the gods in the Iliad and the ending of the Odyssey were truly spectacular. I feel like I might be missing out on some of the gold as I read the pleb TE Lawrence translation of the Odyssey. I'm not sure where to go from here, I might just follow that meme chart and read the histories or dive into some tragedies, guess I'll check the local bookstore and see what's there.
Julian Bennett
>pleb TE Lawrence translation of the Odyssey His translation isn't plebeian at all
Adam Cox
Honestly, I did no research on it beforehand and picked it up at Chapters (Canadian Barnes & Noble) for $6 and assumed it was shit tier, good to no it's not.
Angel Barnes
I just assumed it was as I picked it up for $6 at my local chapters and it had a pop fiction type cover. Good to know it's not.
Camden Martin
pls stop
Julian Gray
You have no idea what Schizophrenia does to a man.
Anthony Bailey
You haven't a clue what Schizoph
Hudson Hughes
renia does?
Andrew Wood
You don't even know how it feels to be a schizo
Colton Wilson
I louldly keked. I hope, somehow, this ends up being a meme.
Jacob Nguyen
Those meds aren't working, pal. I'd even dare to think that they are worsening your condition.
Caleb Howard
>It's an ancient play, one of the oldest we have, about a simple man who was horrifically punished by the powers that be for the terrible crime of trying to bring light to the common people. Make anyone else think of /pol/?
Jace Smith
I kek'd loudly. I hope, somehow, this ends up being a meme.
Juan Perry
What the fuck is going on...
Justin Green
Prometheus Bound Was the worst and most boring play of them all imo. Now the Three Theban Plays and the Oresteia were amazing. The Persian play was also fabulous but read a bit like Athenian propaganda. I was also absolutely smitten by the tradegies, they've been my favorite part of the Greeks so far.
Juan Moore
Official cringe post of 2017
Luke Allen
I've read Homer, Hesiod, & Pindar.
Tyler Stewart
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Nathan Butler
>we'll try and discredit him as a schizo so he can't wipe the floor with us legally
Luke Turner
Pal, those meds aren't working. Dare I to think even that they are worsening your condition?
Nathan Lee
Go tidy your room kiddo
Jason Brooks
>the words of Aeschylus
restart with the Greeks
I've done almost everything. Still working on the Organon and then have to finish Metaphysics, on the Soul, Rhetoric and maybe two or 3 other writings of Ari and then I am almost done. Perhaps I will also do Xenophon, Pindar, and Aesop before I go to the Stoics and then the Hellenic age.
Love the Greeks but I kinda really want to start moving on to the Romans.
Oliver Cox
>we don't have an answer for our obvious tactic >not even lying, denying, or making counter accusations
Jack Lewis
this a weird ass thread
Jayden Gray
> Blatantly stealing from Rubens while ruining all of his beautiful details
REEEEEEEE
Ian Moore
Why doesn't Veeky Forums start with the sumerians?
Jayden Sanchez
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Daniel Campbell
i can't tell the difference beside some colors that is
Colton Perry
What do I start with if I am already familiar with the greeks?
