Off TopicAre you a QOTWer? Do you want to start a thread that isn't a direct answer to the current QOTW? Then this place, gentle poster, is your friend.
(
rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
« Go Back | See The Full Thread
can you recommend a decent translation?(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 17:48,
2 replies,
latest was 16 years ago)
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 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.
(
Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 24 Feb 2010, 18:12,
Reply)
« Go Back | See The Full Thread