/lit/ - Literature

>>13962649
Anthony Verity for a readable Iliad/Odyssey. Robert Fitzgerald for a more poetic rendering. Aenid should be read in Latin but Fitzgerald makes it enjoyable too. Metamorphoses should also be read in Latin but Arthur Golding made a oretty compelling translation. Those are the biggies.

>>13962670
pretty*

>>13962649
>Tfw I read the entirety of the Greeks before even knowing the basics of poetry (though advanced in many philosophical aesthetic theory). I am directly about to start reading the Romans and Shakespeare/Beowulf, should I read these basics of poetry first (as well as anthology)?

I don't want to reread all of the Greek poets and playwrights, do I? Or can I wait like 5 years and just do it when I decide I should do a rereading for memory and clarification?

>>13962670
I appreciate the reccs, Anon. Thanks. I'd like to learn Latin but my work studies prevent that at this time.

>>13962673
You didn't have to correct yourself anon.

OP here, just thought about it, but are annotated versions recommended/useful?

At what age is the youngest one can read Goethe? Given a good understanding and reading of Western philosophy/literature(and of course well read in various other fields) up until the Storm unst Drang movement.

To be clear, I'm not saying the best age but the youngest age.

>>13962734
Proceed with the Romans

>>13962753
You can read Werther at age 17.

>>13962649
Just learn Ancient Greek and Latin like a non-mouthbreather you fucking retard