/lit/ - Literature

>>18193263
No be on /lit/

>>18193263
>While at university, in one Greek prose examination lasting three hours, he was asked to translate a passage into Greek. Powell walked out after one and a half hours, having produced translations in the styles of Plato and Thucydides.[19] For his efforts, he was awarded a double starred first in Latin and Greek, this grade being the best possible and extremely rare. As well as his education at Cambridge, Powell took a course in Urdu at the School of Oriental Studies, now the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, because he felt that his long-cherished ambition of becoming Viceroy of India would be unattainable without knowledge of an Indian language.[10] Powell went on to learn other languages, including Welsh (in which he jointly edited a medieval legal text), modern Greek, and Portuguese.
>After graduating from Cambridge with a double first, and having won several classics prizes,[20] including the Porson Prize and the Browne Medal,[21] Powell stayed on at Trinity College as a fellow, spending much of his time studying ancient manuscripts in Latin and producing academic works in Greek and Welsh.[14]:18–20[22] In 1937, he was appointed Professor of Greek at the University of Sydney aged 25 (failing in his aim of beating Nietzsche's record of becoming a professor at 24).

>>18193657
>still a literal who
lmao

>>18193657
Should I just kill myself bros? How can I live in a world as a man among gods?

>>18193670
Learning Latin and Greek to a higher level than they teach in universities is not hard

>>18193657
I miss him so much Englandbros...

>>18193263
Do your best.

>>18193657
excellent sheep, he achieved nothing notable and did not have a single original thought. comparing him to nietzsche is insulting

>>18193263
Work out!!! Be a chad.

>>18193737
What? He had more original thoughts than Nietzsche and he was never a sheep (he was always a very controversial figure)

>>18193670
Powell, though intelligent, was raised and taught by his mother different languages and higher levels of language learning than most kids. From memory he learnt Greek from her as a child.

Don't be too hard on yourself, just try your best.

>>18193263
Have sex

>>18193761
>He had more original thoughts than Nietzsche

>>18193263
literary the easiest shit you could do at uni, just make up shit as you go and you are golden.
If its multiple choice and you fail its your own damn fault.