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sun surfer · 04-12-2012, 06:13 PM

I could cry, because I had a long post ready to post and lost it.

I'll try to rewrite it:

So Latinandgreek and I are the only two interested in continuing with the Odyssey?

I'm going to basically try to stick with the plan issybird had put forth:

January-Iliad
April-Odyssey
July-Aeneid
August-Ulysses

I do have an ulterior motive though. Ulysses was already on my challenge list anyway for 2012, and since I'm reading Ulysses later this year and just read the Iliad, it only makes sense to read the Odyssey in between those two since it relates to both. Then, why not throw in the Aeneid too to complete this "epics" mini-challenge?

I'll probably read Lattimore as the translation as I really enjoyed his translation for the Iliad. However, I'm still looking for a companion to read along with it. I read Malcolm Wilcock's "A Companion for the Iliad" for the Iliad, but apparently Wilcock didn't write one for the Odyssey. I'll be looking for the next few days...if anyone knows of a good one, let me know!

I don't mind reading it all alone, but if anyone else is still interested in continuing too we can read and discuss together. I think the Odyssey is shorter than the Iliad so it may be an easier read, but I'm not sure.

04-12-2012, 06:13 PM	#133
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	I could cry, because I had a long post ready to post and lost it. I'll try to rewrite it: So Latinandgreek and I are the only two interested in continuing with the Odyssey? I'm going to basically try to stick with the plan issybird had put forth: January-Iliad April-Odyssey July-Aeneid August-Ulysses I do have an ulterior motive though. Ulysses was already on my challenge list anyway for 2012, and since I'm reading Ulysses later this year and just read the Iliad, it only makes sense to read the Odyssey in between those two since it relates to both. Then, why not throw in the Aeneid too to complete this "epics" mini-challenge? I'll probably read Lattimore as the translation as I really enjoyed his translation for the Iliad. However, I'm still looking for a companion to read along with it. I read Malcolm Wilcock's "A Companion for the Iliad" for the Iliad, but apparently Wilcock didn't write one for the Odyssey. I'll be looking for the next few days...if anyone knows of a good one, let me know! I don't mind reading it all alone, but if anyone else is still interested in continuing too we can read and discuss together. I think the Odyssey is shorter than the Iliad so it may be an easier read, but I'm not sure.