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lol cool i'm reading it right now in my 9th grade english class
My favourite classic AND my favourite translation of it!!! 😍
I should give this a try! I had to read an abridged version of it 4 times in undergrad plus write papers on it so I got a bit Illiaded out lol but this translation sounds amazing!
ahhh yeah. i think if youre forced to study and analyse anything, it kind of takes the joy out of it. but reading this for pure entertainment is a completely different experience. so i would recommend it! :P
Wonderful review Jessica! I’ve been meaning to read this book for a while and plan to read it later on this year. It’s one of three classics I actually planned on lol.
rachel - thank you so much!! its one of my all time favourite classics, so im elated to hear that its on your list!! :)
el - yesss! i support that decision 100%! hehe.
So stocked you liked the illiad! It’s my favorite of homers stories(I’ve read it in Ancient Greek)
ahhhh im so jealous!! i cant even imagine how awesome it would be to read this story in ancient greek! so cool!!
Fagles translation - I'm going to read this later in the year. Thx for the heads up! I'll look for Fagles :)
yup! robert fagles, penguin classics. :)
I re-read the Odyssey with my fellow faculty members last summer and immediately added this to my 2019 summer reading list!
well, that is quite the coincidence because im planning on rereading the odyssey later this year! so i guess its going to be a homer-filled summer for us! :P
I hope you read 'the Odyssey' , if you haven't. Would love to read your thoughts on it.
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im in the same situation with 'the odyssey' - read it for school and didnt really get it. but i bought the same translators copy when i got 'the iliad,' so im hoping to reread it soon!!
Omg, I need to get to this, too. I have the same translation. Glad to hear you thought so highly of it.
zitong - yesss! do it!! :P
elizabeth - thank you so much!! i hope you get a chance to read it soon and enjoy it as much as i did! :)
Not a native English speaker, but I felt the same way! Which version did you read?
its the penguin classics edition, translated by robert fagles!
jessica wrote: "its the penguin classics edition, translated by robert fagles!"
Thanks! That's the one I read as well! (after some 3 failed tries of other translations)
so happy to hear that this one worked for you!! :)
I’ve been afraid to read this book 😕. I don’t know why 🤔
awww. im sorry!! i have books like that, too.
jessica wrote: "awww. im sorry!! i have books like that, too."
Maybe some day! 😃
I cannot believe that I still did not read this one!
Good review. The older ones becomes the more they understand about life.
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My favourite classic AND my favourite translation of it!!! 😍
I should give this a try! I had to read an abridged version of it 4 times in undergrad plus write papers on it so I got a bit Illiaded out lol but this translation sounds amazing!
ahhh yeah. i think if youre forced to study and analyse anything, it kind of takes the joy out of it. but reading this for pure entertainment is a completely different experience. so i would recommend it! :P
Wonderful review Jessica! I’ve been meaning to read this book for a while and plan to read it later on this year. It’s one of three classics I actually planned on lol.
rachel - thank you so much!! its one of my all time favourite classics, so im elated to hear that its on your list!! :)el - yesss! i support that decision 100%! hehe.
So stocked you liked the illiad! It’s my favorite of homers stories(I’ve read it in Ancient Greek)
ahhhh im so jealous!! i cant even imagine how awesome it would be to read this story in ancient greek! so cool!!
Fagles translation - I'm going to read this later in the year. Thx for the heads up! I'll look for Fagles :)
yup! robert fagles, penguin classics. :)
I re-read the Odyssey with my fellow faculty members last summer and immediately added this to my 2019 summer reading list!
well, that is quite the coincidence because im planning on rereading the odyssey later this year! so i guess its going to be a homer-filled summer for us! :P
I hope you read 'the Odyssey' , if you haven't. Would love to read your thoughts on it. .
im in the same situation with 'the odyssey' - read it for school and didnt really get it. but i bought the same translators copy when i got 'the iliad,' so im hoping to reread it soon!!
Omg, I need to get to this, too. I have the same translation. Glad to hear you thought so highly of it.
zitong - yesss! do it!! :Pelizabeth - thank you so much!! i hope you get a chance to read it soon and enjoy it as much as i did! :)
Not a native English speaker, but I felt the same way! Which version did you read?
its the penguin classics edition, translated by robert fagles!
jessica wrote: "its the penguin classics edition, translated by robert fagles!"Thanks! That's the one I read as well! (after some 3 failed tries of other translations)
so happy to hear that this one worked for you!! :)
I’ve been afraid to read this book 😕. I don’t know why 🤔
awww. im sorry!! i have books like that, too.
jessica wrote: "awww. im sorry!! i have books like that, too."Maybe some day! 😃
I cannot believe that I still did not read this one!
Good review. The older ones becomes the more they understand about life.
