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The Divine Comedy is the greatest work of literature to ever exist. Prove me wrong.

>> No.9873744

>>9873738
No. Here is the objectively true order:

The Illiad
The Odyssey
All Shakespeare
Faust
Turtles All The Way Down
Divine Comedy

>> No.9873752

>>9873738
>>9873744
Ovid wrote to most profound work to ever grace the earth, and you guys are blind to it.

>> No.9873759

>self insert fanfic
>good
But seriously though, its pretty good, but greatest work of all time is a bit hard to quantify.

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Whats going on in this thread?

>> No.9873768

>>9873744
I wish anglos would stop overselling Shakespeare so much

>> No.9873773

>>9873768
No one asked your opinion Pablo

>> No.9873775

>>9873752
Fuck, I forgot Metamorphoses. I guess he should go right beneath Turtles.

>> No.9873782

>muh Beatrice

>> No.9873784

You cannot prove that which is subjective. I can, however, offer my own humble opinion for you to ponder. A purely subjective argument will never reach its conclusion, and so my recommendation of The Iliad as a superior literary work signals my termination of this dialogue. I wish you well, young sir.

>> No.9873803

>>9873773
I am greek

>> No.9873808

>>9873803
Yeah whatever its all Iberia

>> No.9873815

>>9873808
>american education

>> No.9873817

>>9873803
PAY

>> No.9873832

>>9873784
>The Iliad as a superior literary work

I respectfully disagree. After reading both the Iliad and the Odyssey, I concluded that both are amazing (especially considering the fact that they were composed millennia ago). However, as literary works they're pretty horrible and mundane to read. These epics were never really intended to be written down, and this significantly reduced its quality (e.g. the constant repetition of titles and names, which is more suited for oral presentation rather than written works)

>> No.9873833

>>9873817
how about i pay your mom a visit and fuck her in the ass

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>>9873808
>its all Iberia

>> No.9873840

>>9873832
>I concluded that both are amazing
> However, as literary works they're pretty horrible and mundane to read

What then how are they amazing?
Other than being like when you call a four year olds shitty scribbles amazing

>> No.9873846

>>9873833
The height of plebianism.

>> No.9873861

>>9873846
I wish you could take a joke like your mom takes a dick

>> No.9873880

>>9873738
I cannot. What defines great literature? How can one be determined to be superlatively greater, let alone greatest?

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>>9873744
>All Shakespeare

>> No.9873886

>>9873803
>>>/int/

>> No.9873888

>>9873861
She's dead. Have fun fucking a bowl of ashes.

>> No.9873899

>>9873886
kek
>>9873888
Your dad then. I can go both ways

>> No.9873902

>>9873899
Fine, but he was born without an anus. Have fun doomed to a life of mouth play.

>> No.9873905

>>9873833
>in the ass
>i am Greek
Hmmm...

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>>9873744
>shakespeare

>> No.9873913

>>9873784
t. translation cuck

>> No.9873919

>>9873899
>I can go both ways
>>9873905
Hmmmmmmmm...........

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>>9873919
Heterosexualism is for plebs

>> No.9873954

>>9873840
Did you even read the rest of my post? It seems like you stopped reading after the first sentence. They are amazing as oral epics, not as literary works.

>> No.9874181

>>9873954
That sounds like a cop out. Did you hear them being orally performed?

>> No.9875085

As I Lay Dying.

There, proved wrong

>> No.9875108

>>9873884
>believing your edgy by ironically dismissing the truth

>> No.9875179

>>9873925
>he thinks the hand is on an ass

its a knee you fuck

>> No.9875213

>>9875179
Because knees have no patellas and abs?

>> No.9875997

Honestly, Dostoevsky is the only writer that I've seen referenced... everywhere. From hardcore partrician Christians to pseudo-intellectual generic trendy girls everyone mentions him and praises him. Crime and Punishment in particular. Shakespeare's close too, but he is just remembered as a symbol of writing.

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