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And Pope's, touted even by the Introduction to Fagles' Iliad as the greatest ever (though every generation must have its own take), is also online.
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It's all Greek to me.
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05-29-2007, 04:46 AM | #13 |
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Translations? We don't need no stinkin' translations.
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Actually, the Greek is not that bad except it just requires work to memorize the endings.
Apparently, there are four letters which are not taught but used in some ancient letters. And nobody knows how those letters were expressed for certain.
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The prose is difficult to grasp. Perhaps I should, but won't, tackle something easier. Here's the sentence, very first one, Lebowski, with some difficult structure. Μηνιν αϜειδε θεά Πηληϊαδεω Αχιλῆος ουλομενην ἥ μῡρί' Αχαιoῖς αλγε' εθηκε πολλὰς δ' ιφθῑμους ψῡχὰς ΑϜιδι προϊαψεν ἡρωων αυτοὺς δε Ϝελωρια τευχε κυνεσσιν οιωνοῖσι τε πᾶσι Note the second word is a weird imperative of to sing. It doesn't show up in my dictionary.
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You're doing okay if you get the first word. RAGE pretty much sums up the whole book.
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