/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.14639808]

hey /lit/, currently reading The Iliad and i don't really know what the fuck is going on, i know what's going on in the moment but I don't know what relation the current events have in relation to the whole story. I also am not sure who's on who's side so lol.
also im reading pic related translation

[Anonymous No.14639814]

>He isn't reading Popes Illiad

Dropped, not responding to this thread

[Anonymous No.14639816]

You should try reading the book. The story makes the most sense in view of its entirety.

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!oI3er5KKetj No.14639824]

>>14639814
One really ought to read Homer, and a host of other authors before considering a Popery abridgment

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!oI3er5KKetj No.14639832]

>>14639808
Hesiod is generally recommended, but how does the book start? There’s all sorts of events leading up to it

[Anonymous No.14639841]

Just wait till you get to the part about the Trojan horse. it's sooo good. very immersively written.

[Anonymous No.14639843]

>>14639832
It starts with some dudes getting angry over some girl or something like that, and then all of the sudden they are at war with Trojans because they were already in the middle of the Trojan War.

[Anonymous No.14639846]

>>14639808
I'm sorry, I'm blind and dumb. Who is the translator for this version? I can't read the blur, and reverse search ain't helping.

[Anonymous No.14639850]

>>14639808
You're not supposed to read it in translation retard.

[Anonymous No.14639851]

>>14639846
I just had to get my copy out to see, the translation is by Ennis Rees.

[Anonymous No.14639865]

>>14639851
And why did you pick that one?

[Anonymous No.14639877]

>>14639865
because it was at my barnes and nobles

[Anonymous No.14639905]

Different anon here; I ordered hamilton mythology, barry strauss history of the trojan war, and robert fagles illiad.
You guys wouldn't meme me, r-r-right?

[Anonymous No.14639918]

>>14639905
i dont really think you needed that, pretty sure the introductions are all you need for background, im just reading the Iliad to largen by metaphysical cock

[Anonymous No.14639930]

>>14639918
>i dont really think you needed that, pretty sure the introductions are all you need for background,
Figured as much, but I guess I'm looking forward to getting some more knowledge overall how life was like in that time period anyway.
>im just reading the Iliad to largen by metaphysical cock
You think it's going to work?

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!oI3er5KKetj No.14639938]

>>14639843
Is there a preface in your book?
This is one episode of several stories. The background to Paris and the gods quarrel over a golden apple play into the reasons for the war.

And then there’s the historical reasons for Achaeans raiding Anatolia like vikings

[Anonymous No.14639953]

>>14639938
Yeah but I didn't read it b/c fuck introductions

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!oI3er5KKetj No.14639962]

>>14639953
So why the questions if you knew you were just saying to yourself “well, fuck my understanding it properly”
The choices are pretty clear.

[Anonymous No.14639967]

>>14639938
>>14639962
Hey butterfly would you answer this post maybe?
>>14639905

[Anonymous No.14640002]

>>14639877
Not being an ass, but why do people buy classics when you can just check them out at a library?
If you really want to buy it because you want to write in it or draw dicks on the front, use thriftbooks or the overflow bookstore that a lot of libraries have. Barnes & Nobles and the like are for buying gifts for other people - there's so many better options.

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!oI3er5KKetj No.14640027]

>>14639967
Fagles is a decent accessible intro. I read his Odyssey. I’ve read Hamilton’s The Greek Way and she was also nice. I did read about the myths through Graves old book. Not sure how they compare. A fine starter pack, I’d say.

[Anonymous No.14640113]

>>14640027
Alright thanks, I might get one of graves books down the line, who knows.

[Anonymous No.14640281]

>>14639808
You should just breeze through it to get the gist and then re-read it. That's how you read any difficult text.

[Anonymous No.14640475]

>tfw I read the entire Iliad and Odysseus just waiting for that cool Trojan horse to show up and it's only mentioned in passing

[Anonymous No.14640641]

You're going to need some backstory like the Judgement of Paris to get what's going on.

[Anonymous No.14641631]

>>14640002
i take a fucking eternity to read a book

[Anonymous No.14641656]

>>14640002
I like having a little library of all the books I've read

[Anonymous No.14642365]

>>14639808
Read Lattimore's Iliad instead.

[Anonymous No.14642894]

>>14640475
If you want the horse read posthomerica by Quintus Smyrnaea.
Its a Roman fan fic but its based on the plays fragments of the poems between Homer's. Its actually pretty good