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Anonymous Tue Mar 17 21:26:33 2015 No.6283682 [Reply] [Original]

Is anyone else reading this? What are your thoughts? It doesn't get abstruse until book V

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 17 23:32:28 2015 No.6284040 bump?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 17 23:36:51 2015 No.6284054 >implying people on /lit/ read

Anonymous Tue Mar 17 23:38:12 2015 No.6284057
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I really do not like this translation that penguin used. Its simplified in that it doesn't really grasp herdotusus meaning. I'm not saying its bad, just that penguin cheaped out here.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 17 23:48:22 2015 No.6284087 >>6284057 it's selincourt, right? his translation for the the campaigns of alexander was pretty great, shame it's not so good for the histories.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 17 23:52:15 2015 No.6284097 >>6284087 Yes it is. His arrian is good then?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 17 23:57:32 2015 No.6284112 >>6284097 yeah it's certainly the one i'd suggest getting a copy of if you're gonna read it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 18 00:00:42 2015 No.6284125 >>6284057 Feel free to offer a better one that's just as accurate. Grene's is the only one I can that's better without being substantially less accurate in certain parts.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 18 00:07:49 2015 No.6284155 File: 71 KB, 320x480, fmimg9021856949105512800.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6284125 Sure thing. I'm currently reading Macaulay's translation which is quite brilliant, as you might expect. Perhaps too mainstream for this board.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 18 00:09:06 2015 No.6284161 >>6284155 It's terrible, he uses euphemisms when things get too dirty for him.

Anonymous Wed Mar 18 00:28:45 2015 No.6284202

Wow great discussion /lit/...

So what did you think about the seven's (Darius and others) usurpation of Smerdis the Magian's power from the throne? The ensuing conversation about the political forms of government - aristocracy, democracy, and monarchy - is one of my favorite conversations ever.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 18 00:32:12 2015 No.6284213 File: 162 KB, 1280x720, image37.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6284202 Did you catch Pericles last night on Thucydides tube? Jesus, he couldn't stop pontificating about the virtues of Athenian democracy. What a single issue voter.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 18 01:01:03 2015 No.6284285 File: 231 KB, 430x576, disniggaserious.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6284202 you came to /lit/ expecting great discussion? have i got some news for you, son.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 18 01:34:58 2015 No.6284369 I've tried reading it twice. I got halfway through each time before quitting. It's like, goddamn, I don't care.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 18 01:43:12 2015 No.6284403 >>6283682 >>Greek Mythology >>Freshman shit >>Unless AP Euro

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 18 05:25:37 2015 No.6284792 >>6284403 It is a hard read, yet rewarding. >>6284285 Yes, unfortunately, you're correct.

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