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Originally Posted by bigtymer
If we are talking excruciating classics then my vote is for Homer's The Odyssey and The Iliad. With The Odyssey edging out The Iliad as something I could never read again.
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Have you read it in the original Greek, or were you reading an English translation? If so, which one? You really need to read the Greek to fully appreciate it, but there are some excellent translations out there - the best ones are (IMHO) those by Richard Lattimore.
The Iliad and Odyssey are (together with the Bible), quite literally the "cornerstones" of western literature; they really cannot be "overhyped".