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Anonymous Wed Mar 29 21:25:36 2017 No.9312103 [Reply] [Original]

>read The Iliad without having read Greek history and mythology

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 29 21:26:19 2017 No.9312104 >>9312103 I'm doing that right now but there are notes at the back so it's okay

>>	Sage Wed Mar 29 21:33:19 2017 No.9312122 That's fine, you can figure it all out through context clues anyways

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 29 21:44:22 2017 No.9312153 File: 28 KB, 316x410, i can't see.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9312103 >read Paradife Loft before Greeks or the Bible

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 29 21:47:44 2017 No.9312166 >>9312103 >>9312122 >>9312153 penguin editions have endnotes that help fill in the blanks. plus, the story of creation is a very small part of genesis.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 29 21:55:41 2017 No.9312199 >>9312103 >Read the illiad >Realise it's just Troy the book >Can't stop imagining Brad pitt

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 29 21:57:53 2017 No.9312214 File: 12 KB, 201x251, devilpepe.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >reading infinite jest before ive seen hill street blues

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 29 21:57:56 2017 No.9312215 >>9312103 >Thinking storytime is that important when you could have applicable skills and relevant insights.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 29 21:59:51 2017 No.9312224 >>9312199 That means you're gay

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 29 22:48:07 2017 No.9312390 Theogony sucks though. It's only useful for scholarly considerations.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 29 23:46:55 2017 No.9312594 Why read a separate book on mythology when I can go to wikipedia and browse the god I don't understand something about?

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 29 23:48:46 2017 No.9312603 >read fingerprints of the gods before sign and the seal Oh oh oh

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 30 03:59:55 2017 No.9313287 File: 147 KB, 500x500, 1456448176599.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9312214 >read infinite jest without the footnotes

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 30 04:22:29 2017 No.9313316 File: 124 KB, 499x499, rarepaypay.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >reading Finnegan's Wake before literally any other book

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 30 04:25:49 2017 No.9313320 File: 43 KB, 604x453, IMG_2874.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >reading nietzsche without having read any other philosophical works before

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 30 04:29:48 2017 No.9313329 File: 28 KB, 200x200, samozadovoljavujuci zabac.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >read before knowing how to read

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 30 04:42:19 2017 No.9313342 File: 39 KB, 500x348, 1479310357166.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >read ulysses completely sober

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 30 09:23:24 2017 No.9313978 >>9313316 uparrowed