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kallie is +2
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 Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:35 am Post subject: The Iliad. |
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| Turns out, it's pretty amazingly good. Especially the translation by this Fagles person. |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:11 am Post subject: Re: The Iliad. |
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| kallie wrote: | | Turns out, it's pretty amazingly good. Especially the translation by this Fagles person. |
"Good" meaning entertaining, or "good" like meaningful? |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:07 am Post subject: Re: The Iliad. |
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| kallie wrote: | | Turns out, it's pretty amazingly good. |
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mchicken is dejected.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:33 am Post subject: |
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| It's certainly a million times better than that Odyssey trash. |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:36 am Post subject: |
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| mchicken wrote: | | It's certainly a million times better than that Odyssey trash. |
I liked the Odyssey. |
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mchicken is dejected.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:36 am Post subject: |
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| Did you read the Illiad? It's just way better. |
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jaster is back in black
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:42 am Post subject: |
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It really is just way better. I appreciate the Odyssey for what it is, but the Illiad is a much more captivating story. Perhaps my preference for stories on an epic scale is well known, but I'd rather read about a war than some guy's journey home.
...except for this guy:
...hoping each time that the next leap would be the leap home
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kallie is +2
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:57 am Post subject: |
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| jaster wrote: |
...except for this guy:
...hoping each time that the next leap would be the leap home |
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