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RamsFan1963

Odyssey | Stephen Fry

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51/100 I know it's an old saying, but honestly, I could listen to Stephen Fry read a phone book, if they still existed. His narration really brings the story of Odessus to life, it's often quite funny when it's not being tragic, as Odessus has one misadventure after another, both helped and hindered by the various gods of Olympus. I know this is the last book of his Greek Mythology series, but I love to see him tackle Norse mythology. 5 🌟 read

RamsFan1963 #Read2025 #SeriesLove2025 #JumpStartSummer 2w

dabbe I just started reading MYTHOS. I'm thinking I need to listen to it, instead. I love Stephen Fry! 💚💜💚 2w

RamsFan1963 He has an amazing voice, and I love his characterization of Zeus, the most harassed father in history, always having his children pestering him for favors or to clean up messes they've mad in the mortal world. 2w

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CBee I agree!! I LOVED Mythos and gave Troy and Heroes lined up. Might do Odyssey first though! 2w

CBee @dabbe you MUST listen!! 2w

dabbe @CBee 🎯🩵🎯 2w

AlaMich The right narrator makes a good book into an amazing book. (edited) 2w

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dabbe

The Aeneid of Virgil | Virgil

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@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 2w

TheBookHippie Latin my second choice! Although we learned a good bit in nursing. 2w

dabbe @TheSpineView 😍🤩😍 2w

dabbe @TheBookHippie 😍🤩😍 2w

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RamsFan1963

Odyssey | Stephen Fry

Oh Boy! Oh Boy! Oh Boy! I did not know that Stephen Fry had a 4th book in the Greek Mythology series. I need to finish my current audiobook so I can get to this. I know it's going to be another winner. #SeriesLove2025

TheBookHippie Oooooo 3w

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LitsyEvents

Reading Sappho: Contemporary Approaches | Ellen Greene

repost for @Catsandbooks:

June 2025 theme: Sapphic Romance

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Graywacke

Horace, The Odes: New Translations by Contemporary Poets | Horace

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Several contemporary (2002) poets translating Horace's Odes freely. All must have some knowledge of Latin. All were born from ~1920 to ~1965. So a bunch of older classically inclined poets. Each translation is a combination of Horace's and the poet's meanings. Overall it leaves an interesting impression, and I enjoyed that. I‘ve been working through this since Jan 13, a little bit each morning.

Suet624 Great job on your commitment to checking in on this every morning. I always end up petering out at some point 2mo

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo

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Trashcanman

The Satires | Juvenal

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Birdsong28

Odyssey | Stephen Fry

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Graywacke

Horace, The Odes: New Translations by Contemporary Poets | Horace

Something I found used in California and have been paging through

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Doppoetry

The Aeneid of Virgil | Virgil

so-so

This could have been a really interesting spiritual successor (at the time) to Homer, but this read more like Roman Empire propaganda than an original work.

Virgil does have *some* original ideas and portrayals of the characters and events in the overall story, but it still feels like you're better off reading the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Doppoetry Not to say that this *isn't* an important work, it very much is, but I suppose I came into this expecting a more interesting epic poem about heroism and perseverance, and not just veiled “Guys the emperor is a really cool guy, and everything will be okay with him in charge.“ type thing.

No wonder Virgil tried to wipe it from existence, it's a bit *too* on the nose. 4mo

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