[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/lit/ - Literature

View post   
File: 6 KB, 249x217, 1675166013298957.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
21924727 No.21924727 [Reply] [Original]

Hello /lit/
Can any of you guys point me to ancient Greek literature. I'm kinda new to reading but i don't want to start at fucking harry potter of all things. So I want to learn were books started. I also have an Intrest in fairytales and the like.
Can you point me to stuff like Hercules and adonis? With links preferred
Thank you in advance

>> No.21924738

>>21924727
Mythology by Edith Hamilton

>> No.21924763
File: 218 KB, 1200x1200, 51A7CDC4-C9FE-4A62-A400-C2D8D7F07DDE.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
21924763

You can read HP and EH’s mythology. Greeks are the beginning not the rule.

>> No.21924765

>>21924738
I hate to ask but do you have a link. I'm to poor to buy a book even though I prefer the physical thing

>> No.21924770

>>21924763
And who is this HP?

>> No.21924818

>>21924727
Start with Homer (Iliad and Odyssey), then go to Hesiod (Theogony and Works and Days). After you're finished with these two, come as again.
As for editions: you should get Lattimore translations for Homer.
For Hesiod, I've found a translation in my native language that properly translates the names of several muses, nymphs and so on to their equivalents. This is great for the enjoyment of the book. I don't know if such edition exists in English. Maybe someone can enlighten you.

>> No.21925032

>>21924765
Get a used paperback off abebooks for really cheap. They've got dot com, dot co dot uk, etc. even for other European countries. Also, I suggest aesop's fables, get the Oxford one. If you want to read homer, get the fagles translation.

>> No.21925064

We have a sticky. Read the sticky and delete this thread.