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JenP
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In what is a supreme act of avoidance from writing grants (which probably won‘t get funded anyway in this climate), I decided to take a world literature course from Harvard extension. They offer a bunch of free online courses although I may pay the certificate fee just to support them. Gilgamesh is the first text they are discussing and I hadn‘t ever read it so finally getting to it

merelybookish Once upon a time I taught world lit to undergraduates (not at Harvard 😆) and always started with this. And it was often the book they liked best. Enjoy your course! Sounds fun! 5d
JenP @merelybookish I‘m certainly liking it more than the Odyssey which I read freshman year (many years ago 😂). How fun you taught world literature. I‘m enjoying this class so far. 5d
Tamra It‘s a fantastic historical study! 5d
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DGRachel I decided at the beginning of the years that I wanted to do a deep dive into Ishtar, and the book I‘m reading references Gilgamesh quite a lot, so I picked up a copy last month. I‘m looking forward to getting to it. 5d
JenP @DGRachel it‘s a very quick read. Hope you like it. I found it interesting 4d
JenP @Tamra yes! I‘ve found it interesting to compare the deluge to the version in genesis. The historical background from the class has also been fascinating 4d
Tamra @JenP there are several parallels with later mythologies! Humans have been asking the same questions and telling the same stories. 4d
Avanders Love this! ♥️ 2d
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llwheeler
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1. My degrees are in Classics, so I have (or had, super rusty now) Latin and Greek. I'd love to learn Old English so I could read...

2. ... Beowulf in the original. I love the Seamus Haney translation.

@TheSpineView #two4tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 1w
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dabbe
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#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView (thanks for the tag! 😍)

1. Latin.
2. I'd love to be able to read THE AENEID in Latin.

Play? @TheLudicReader @BarkingMadRead @mcctrish

TheSpineView YW! Thanks for playing 1w
TheBookHippie Latin my second choice! Although we learned a good bit in nursing. 1w
dabbe @TheSpineView 😍🤩😍 1w
dabbe @TheBookHippie 😍🤩😍 1w
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Kshakal
Odyssey | Homer
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TheSpineView Thanks for playing 1w
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TheSpineView
The Illiad | Homer
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Happy Tuesday! Here are today's questions. I'll tag a few Littens to get us started. Hope your day is beautiful!

My answers:
📘 I would like to learn Greek.
📘 Tagged

Play? @dabbe @AnnCrystal @DebinHawaii @Eggs @Kshakal @TheBookHippie @peaKnit @BethM @AmyG @Susanita @julesG @InkedBookworm13 @PageShifter @Cupcake12 @Blueberry @Texreader @Born.A.Reader @BookmarkTavern

dabbe Will do; thanks for the 🏷️! 😘 1w
TheSpineView @dabbe 👍🤩🌞 1w
AnnCrystal Greek 🆒 Thanks for the tag! 🥳👌🏼💝. 1w
TheSpineView @AnnCrystal 😘🥰😊 1w
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vivastory
Orlando Furioso | Ludovico Ariosto
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Years ago I tackled the wacky tagged Italian epic poem in the 2 vol Penguin set. Total page count is 1,632 pages.
Although it is technically a trilogy, Tolkien envisioned LoTR as a single volume & if it was counted as such then the page count for editions I read clock in at 1,248.
At just a few less pages than LoTR would be King's longest work-The Stand (1,200)
Lately I have been thinking of tackling Shogun (1,300) pages.
#sundayfunday

tpixie Oh! I‘ve read The Stand & LoTR! ( I‘m currently reading Les Mis- so ask me Dec 31!) 😂 2w
shortsarahrose Also read The Stand and LoTR, but those are beaten by a Library of America collection of Herman Melville‘s post-Moby Dick novels and prose work (1478 pages). 2w
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BookmarkTavern Multiple volumes definitely count! Thanks for posting! 2w
vivastory @shortsarahrose I love LoA volumes! I checked that one out from the library to read The Confidence-Man. There were some other pieces in there I plan on reading in the future 2w
vivastory @tpixie That's a great one! 2w
Branwen I'm guessing The Stand would be mine? Also Wind & Truth which was over 1300 pages if I'm remembering correctly! 1w
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dabbe
The Iliad | Robert Fagles
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One day late.

I would love to eat ambrosia and drink nectar with the Greek gods. That way, I'd stay young, gorgeous, and live forever so I could actually read every book on my TBR! 🤩🤣🤩

Gissy I need to eat that too🙋🏽‍♀️😂 3w
dabbe @Gissy IKR? 🤣😍🤩 3w
TheSpineView Great answer. I need to join you on this one! 😂 3w
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BookmarkTavern I wasn‘t sure I agreed, and then you mentioned finishing your TBR, and you got me! 😂 Thanks for sharing! 3w
dabbe @TheSpineView Wouldn't it be just incredible? 😍🤣🤩 3w
dabbe @BookmarkTavern 🤣😍🤣 3w
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Bookfan1414
Babylonia | Costanza Casati
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“She kills her lover on the altar of a foreign goddess.”

This is page 1, sentence 1… in the gods damned prologue.

Respectfully… What the f***?!

BookmarkTavern This one is definitely a trip! 😂 4w
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BookishTrish
Babylonia | Costanza Casati
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Pickpick

I was instantly sucked into Semiramis‘ life. Like many other readers, I found this book a tad uneven - for me the first two thirds were more satisfying than the end. Either way, she is a formidable character and a pleasure to commute with.

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dabbe
The Odyssey | Homer
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Graywacke I wouldn‘t want to be part of that crew 1mo
dabbe @Graywacke 🎯🩵🎯 1mo
kspenmoll 😂😂 1mo
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dabbe @kspenmoll 🤣😍🤣 1mo
Eggs Perfection 👌🏼 1mo
dabbe @Eggs 🤣😍🤩 1mo
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