I have a copy of The Iliad and a set of Dickens‘ works that were both published in 1870. I also have a set of Thackeray published in 1890. I started collecting antique books a couple of years ago!
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I have a copy of The Iliad and a set of Dickens‘ works that were both published in 1870. I also have a set of Thackeray published in 1890. I started collecting antique books a couple of years ago!
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This week I'm going to recommend Open Mike Eagle's podcast 'What Had Happened Was' where each season he interviews an artist or figure significant to hip hop. Making the interviews season-long instead of varying by episode means you get about a memoir's worth of stories. I found it via a Spotify recommendation because I'm a longtime fan of Questlove's podcast, and he's the interview subject for Season 4 👇
I suppose it depends on what is meant by publication date. Here is an interesting article about The Iliad, which would have to be the earliest book I have read. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/geneticists-estimate-publication-date...
Probably The Iliad. From what I can find it was published in the late 1400s.
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1. Translations make all the difference. Robert Fagles' translation of THE ILIAD made me appreciate what I hated in high school.
2. THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING: by far my favorite Arthurian story.
3. SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson: to remind me that EVERY story is essentially a hero's journey, and it doesn't have to be “super“ or “epic“. It just has to feel real.
All are welcome to play and tagging as many as I can! 😍
I was feeling guilty about listening to an audiobook of The Iliad instead of reading it and then I remembered ....
It was meant to be heard. Not that I don't always love audiobooks. I'm excited to start this version
There's the fun thing about preorders...I forget I ordered them until they show up in my mailbox. It's like a surprise gift I send to myself. :-) I loved Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey so much, I had to nab her Iliad, too.
1. Definitely tagged which I read in High School.
2. I love a duology, it feels like a full story without a big commitment. Though I don‘t mind a long series.
3. The Green Bone Saga which I just finished early this month. I hope she writes more in this world!
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1. Probably The Iliad, written in 8th century BC, published in English in 1598
2. Depends on the series and if it‘s still interesting to me. JD Robb‘s In Death series is up to 56 and I still enjoy it. But other series, I‘ve burned out after 7 or 8.
3. Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews. I was sad but book 10 was a good place to end it.
@dabbe as for your question, I have kind of an Odyssey problem! I love it so much I‘ve collected several translations over the years. I first studied the Fitzgerald in college, which is great but uses Ks instead of Cs (Kirke not Circe) and can be confusing. I think I read the Fagles the next time I studied it but I‘m not sure. I loved the Wilson translation because it gives a different perspective, and it‘s beautiful. Not sure I can pick just one!
Well, lookie here - publishing in September, Emily Wilson‘s translation of The Iliad! Now the difficult question: to wait forever for the paperback to match my Odyssey, or dive in as soon as there‘s a decent price on the hardcover? Decisions, decisions.
I started the Caroline Alexander translation of The Iliad on audio, but I think I'm going to need to read the print version to retain any of it. I focused well during the introduction (super interesting!) but kept spacing out during the actual story. Which is unfortunate because I have much more time to put books in my ears than to put them in front of my eyes.
A rose from our garden. Our landlord has a landscaper, so I enjoy them but do no work.
I found a different translation of the Illiad. This one is for children but I think this one will work better for me since I‘m struggling to understand the translation that I‘m currently trying to read.
I decided to start this book next. I want to learn about Greek Mythology because I don‘t know anything about it. I listened to the first 5 books of this audiobook and listened to book summaries of each book on YouTube but I don‘t feel like I retained the information. I‘m interested in this story but I can‘t explain what‘s going on. All I know is that Greek Gods are fighting with each other.
#TemptingTitles
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Starting with the 1st complete book of western civilization that we have. Iliad means “Troy.“ 💜
This is just awful. This is an iconic bookstore here in Los Angeles. Here is the GoFundMe if you want to donate: https://www.gofundme.com/f/iliad-bookshop-needs-help-recovering-from-arson
Awhile back we created fantasy football teams with authors, we put a lot of thought and effort into this silly idea and we enjoyed it so much that we are back for baseball. Tonight, learn how much Matt loves this concept. Would he abandon everything and create fake author baseball teams all over the country? Maybe. We hope you make your own team and nerd out on this ridiculous idea. Enjoy!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3hrzGltI5l8lVmtwYsw4Hx
After fourteen intense hours, I‘m proud to say I read The Iliad! I‘d not been exposed to it before, and I was as intimidated as I was intrigued. I thank y‘all who read things like Homer and Shakespeare so casually here on Litsy; you make me feel like I can, too.
Caroline Alexander‘s translation was much more readable than I expected, and I found the extended similes exquisitely beautiful. My favorite part was meeting the disabled god Hephaestus.
I just realised that this is the 4th time I‘m reading the Iliad. This is also the second time I‘m reading the translation by Stephen Mitchell, which honestly makes the experience even better. I hope some day I can learn greek and actually read the Iliad, until then I will be reading this again and again.
It‘s Iliad study time! I really feel Bernie‘s mood today, hopefully this will get me out of today‘s funk. 😜
It‘s a Greek mythology kind of day.
Why yes, I will be sharing some funny Iliad memes while I read. 😁
I started my self-study of Homer‘s Iliad today! Taking a lot of annotations this time around, and loving this translation a lot more than Lattimore‘s, it feels more accessible.
#HelloKitty hasn‘t my left my side today. Maya‘s 1st day of 8th grade, and she misses her. #catsoflitsy
🦉🏺✨ just thought I‘d share my new purchases with everyone! I am a huge Greek Mythology nerd and The Iliad is one of my favourite stories, so I‘m super excited to read the Robert Fagles translation! Aren‘t they pretty? ✨🏺🦉
Gift from my sister 🖤
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I really enjoyed Caroline Alexander‘s translation. It was easy to read and flowed very well. I know from an academic viewpoint there will be some that complained she did not keep the verses in dactylic hexameter, but that didn‘t matter to me. If you want to read The Iliad for pleasure, this is a great translation to choose.
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Insomnia is kicking my butt lately, but it gave me a chance to finish up this one. I haven't read this since high school and I was excited to revisit it.
I enjoyed it much more than I remembered. 💚 I really want to explore different translations now. Anyone have a favorite translation?
This afternoon I watched/listened to some talented performers read selected passages from The Iliad. I have been feeling a bit daunted to read it myself but this was so good. I think I'm going to do it 😊😊
Extremely well-timed #BookMail — long day at work with everything happening at once 😫 Bought this along with a 2021 calendar to make free shipping from Chapters 😄
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Achilles from the Iliad is my hero.
1. I would like to spend more time with my best friend, Mary, in Ocala Florida.
2. I am thankful for my husband who food shops and washes our clothes. I cook the food and fold the wash.
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@TheSpineView Thanks for the tag!
Odysseus is said to be the smartest man ever. I see him as a kind of passive individual. Everything is dependent on things that we do. We can only perceive the stories as they come into existence: the things that are in existence are real to some extent. We can regard the story of Homer as a real story or as an unreal story - in either case, it is the story of certain legends, that have a real ideal meaning. I try to understand this but I can't.
I wanted to read this for a while, mostly to better understand references in other books or movies. I'm glad I read it, but it definitely wasn't any easy read. I also didn't realize that the whole Trojan Horse thing doesn't happen in this book. Apparently it's in the Aenaid.
It's always fun to see my namesake mentioned when reading books that touch on Greek mythology (even though it's usually connected to some sort of debauchery). Other than that I rarely encounter my name out it in the wilds of literature. Do you?
"Terror and Panic were at hand. And it was Strife, the War-god's Sister, who helps him in his bloody work. Once she begins, she cannot stop. At first she seems a little thing, but before long, though her feet are still on the ground, she has struck high heaven with her head. She swept in now among the Trojans and Achaens, filling them with hatred of each other. It was the groans of dying men she wished to hear."
"And now, gripping the notched end and the ox-gut string, he drew them back together till the string was near his breast and the iron point was by the bow. When he had bent the great bow to a circle, it gave a twang, the string sang out, and the sharp arrow leapt into the air, eager to wing its way into the enemy ranks."
Just a little bit of reading for my mythology test next week #classicistsoflitsy
But The rest marched on, and the whole plain seemed to be consumed by fire. Earth groaned beneath them as it does for Zeus the Thunderer in his anger,... Thus earth reverberated to their marching feet as it came swiftly on across the plain.
Thersites: My lord-
Odysseus: Now mark my words - and I make no idle threats. If I catch you once again playing the fool like this, let my head be parted from my shoulders and Telemachus be called no son of mine, if I don't lay my hands on you and strip you of your clothes, cloak, tunic, all that hides your nakedness, and then thrash you ignominiously and throw you out of the Assembly to go and blubber by the ships.
Thersites: 😢
I spy a note left by another reader in my secondhand copy of The Iliad. Do you leave notations, highlight or mark your book as you read? Do you write your name in your books?