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Originally Posted by anamardoll
Eh, I disagree. There ARE some good Greek works out there that deal with womens' issues and minorities and slavery and so forth, but I wouldn't call Greek literature the absolute sum of human experience. 
I recognize that you were being tongue-in-cheek and I am being pedantic, though. |
(Truth in jest, & all that.)
The sum of human experience, no, but Greek literature is foundational for Western thought, with the exception of God, which was covered by the Hebrews.
So my point is that unless you start with the Greeks, you will have no context for what you read in the Classics. But I should have included the Bible. I will go back & amend my submission on that point.