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Start date: March 1, 2019

Finish date: March 31, 2019

Discussion: Poetry

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Poetry

The Iliad (800 - 750 BCE) - #2
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Jul 08, 2013 Plethora rated it really liked it

Shelves: classics, dws_qualifying, yr-2013-reads, paperback, yr-2013-dws_qualified, zown-2013, yr-2013-genre-challenge, dws_buddy_reads, poetry, century-08th

Some tales of the old just need to be read. I read this tale with a group of outstanding people that helped bring life to this story.

As an age old story that most have heard or seen some rendition of throughout life it was with great pleasure that we worked through passages in chunks. We compared different versus from various translators allowing us to appreciate the different feeling the story can take on in parts based on the words used by the translator. We discussed how the ancient scribes ...more

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Apr 16, 2012 Heidi rated it it was amazing

Loved this. Can't believe how gripping and emotionally accessible this story is. I got a copy from the library and read it in nearly one sitting. Finished by reading aloud the last few pages. The introduction by Seamus Heaney is excellent. ...more

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Jun 09, 2015 Sarah rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: poetry, 8th-grade, 9th-grade

Without the help of commentaries and analyses, I would only give this work 2 stars on an initial reading (and 2 stars being generous, still, without a basic respect for the work). The background and explanations from other scholars and translators is necessary to appreciate this work.

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