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Originally Posted by Latinandgreek
I would like to start off by saying great idea for a thread, ziegl027!
Many of the books I would consider must-haves have already been mentioned. I would like to add another "metamorphoses" to this list, namely Ovid's! I love his hexametres, they are quite playful, and after reading it you would probably be familiar with almost any greek or roman mythological reference you come across.
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The unfortunate thing about these classics is that there are fewer and fewer people who are in a position to appreciate them. You really do
have to read them in the original language to appreciate how wonderful the hexameter verse is - it's intended to be listened to, rather than read silently. A translation loses all the "impact" of it.