Ah well. Never mind.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 16:44, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

that reminds me
would you recommend reading some for enjoyment?

The Iliad or something?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 17:24, Reply)

If you get a decent translation Homer is excellent.
Some of the Roman stuff like Tacitus is also great - Julius Caesar's Britannia & Germania is interesting too, containing as it does first-hand (albeit massively biased) descriptions of the Brits and Germans.

It's where the wicker man sacrifice account comes from - possibly bullshit, mind.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 17:47, Reply)

can you recommend a decent translation?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 17:48, Reply)

Herbert Jordan's Iliad is regarded as the most accessible to the layman.

Off home now mate - i'll see if I can check your band videos later.

Toodle-pip!
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 18:10, Reply)

Any of the Penguin Classics are good for beginners
I recomend Heroditus, or Livy. Not any poetry or plays though, too fucking difficult.

The Greek Myths, told by Robert Graves, with his explainations are pretty good. I don't know if his reasoning is still accepted. Aparently it was all about males claiming domination after being ruled by women.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 18:12, Reply)