/lit/ - Literature

>>8210877
This is the copy I have. I hated it at first, but spent so much time with it that I grew to respect it. It's not an easy cover to like, which fits the book.

Hey, to those who have read this:

Did you read it with any sort of help—annotations, end notes, a guide?

I'm wondering how necessary notes are.

So this is the best version.

Should I pick up a cheap used copy of the Gabler edition or pay full price for a different one?

>>6970610
Are you stupid? The point of reading them is to understand Greek culture, the same way watching Saving Private Ryan or some other famous war movie would help you understand American culture. It also contains tons of references to other myths and depicts their religious practices, not to mention the fact that the interactions with the gods basically show the philosophical worldview of the entire civilization. And beyond all that, it's also worth reading just to be able to get the references to it that are littered throughout all of Western art and literature. Obviously the story itself is no great work of literature, but saying that kind of misses the point.

I've always had a burning hatred for this nineties piece of shit cover of Ulysses. It's usually the only one at the bookstore, too, so I've just put off buying Ulysses.