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Anonymous Sun Apr 7 14:47:52 2019 No.12897083 [Reply] [Original]

Can I dive right into the Iliad or do I need to have some previous knowledge?
I tried reading it a bit, but I find it difficult. I never really know what are the gods or people they are referring to, and I also have a hard time understanding why they are acting this way.
I would like to try to start the greeks, but if it's not with the Iliad, I don't really know where to start

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 14:49:45 2019 No.12897092 start with the sumerians

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 14:50:15 2019 No.12897096 just read the fucking book

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 14:50:53 2019 No.12897098 >>12897083 >do I need to have some previous knowledge Just get an edition with some footnotes and endnotes.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 14:51:40 2019 No.12897100 >>12897083 Just read a fucking book holy shit just pick one bro you never learn everything the first time through anyway, rereading is always necessary with the great classics like the Iliad and the Odyssey

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 14:52:13 2019 No.12897101 >>12897092 Yeah if you're a casualfag.If you're serious,start with the ancient Ethiopian scriptings.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 14:53:10 2019 No.12897107 >>12897083 Mythology by Edith Hamilton

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 14:58:20 2019 No.12897123 >>12897083 Just get a Mythology book, or Ovid's Metamorphoses.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 15:06:44 2019 No.12897174 Start with the dinosaurs

Anonymous Sun Apr 7 15:15:47 2019 No.12897221

>>12897083
Achilles, the hero, is first human to have consciousness, the voice inside your head.
It had never been heard before Achilles.
Unhappily, Achilles took it as the Voice of God (Zeus), telling him to KILL KILL KILL and to suck foot-long hot dogs

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 16:28:16 2019 No.12897573 start by visiting prehistoric cave painting sites, starting with the Chauvet Cave

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 16:58:20 2019 No.12897723 >>12897083 Just read the book. They name a god and you aren't sure what they're about? Google them, read the first paragraph on Wikipedia and go back to the book. You're stressing about reading, how sad is that.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 17:04:32 2019 No.12897744 >>12897092 >not with atlantis

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 17:08:19 2019 No.12897767 homeric hymns

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 17:12:42 2019 No.12897788 >>12897100 rereading is for dumbfags

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 7 17:21:52 2019 No.12897816 >>12897174 Laughing hard. What did they ‘’’’’’write’’’’’’, anon?

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