The Iliad Gaiden: Nobody’s Story

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Don’t eat gabagool, Telemachus
it’s nothing but fat and nitrates

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as if I can’t write for a Greek character

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I’d read my deceased-mother’s childhood copy.

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perhaps someone with mod powers should fork over all the odyssey book club talk to its own thread

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hurry make a title

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that wilson excerpt has the least words so its calling to me

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I liked the Wilson version :slight_smile:

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I can’t come up with anything good on demand

cuckoldry in translation: a book club

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the wilson version is considered one of the best translations, it’s just not for me

I just thought to include it to counter how much of a sausage fest translations of the odyssey are

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its definitley the first time ive read an excerpt and not thought reading it was a chore

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I’ll stick to my quiver’d deaths but I’ll be interested in your thoughts on playtime’s over

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quiver’d deaths would be my second choice!

okay yeah well now this seems a lot more readable than i thought. ill ask anna if shes got anything on her archive and download this for the cruise (im going on the cruise jan 17th)

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I read the Wilson last summer and enjoyed it. Can’t remember which one I’d read before.

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I like the wilson translation cause I hate homework. Sorry but I am a dumbass, I really like shakespeare but I always needed a class where we went through a specific play line by line to explain everything to me.

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how many times have you read the odyssey (god that word is hard to spell)

  • never
  • once
  • 2-6 times
  • 7-12 times
  • i lost count
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oh same. whenever i read shakespeare i use a site that i can hover over everything and it explains exactly what it means

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I recommend her version of The Iliad as well which came out very recently, she also does a great job introducing her methodologies in the foreword which shows throughout the writing.

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How many times have you beaten Super Mario Odyssey

  • Never
  • Once
  • 2-6 Times
  • 7-12 Times
  • One 999 Moon Speedrun
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By the way, I think one of the best ways to experience the odyssey is via audiobook. Homeric verse is meant to be said out loud. It’s like how reading shakespeare can be a bit dizzying for a modern reader but watching a play and hearing those words acted aloud makes them make sense. My local library carries the fitzgerald translation in audiobook form, I’m sure your library has something good too.

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oh what site do you use?