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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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that reminds mewould you recommend reading some for enjoyment?
The Iliad or something?
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 17:24,
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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.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 17:47,
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 17:48,
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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!
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 18:10,
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Any of the Penguin Classics are good for beginnersI 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.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 18:12,
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