/lit/ - Literature

Is this really necessary or can I just skip to the Odyssey?
Also general Homer thread.

>>8119240

Lattimore is for purely academic study. I prefer the Fagles translation myself. It is extremely well put together.

Also, The Iliad is infinitely superior to the Odyssey. Anyone who says otherwise hasn't read the both of them.

Contemporary relevance of the iliad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD0FEcK9smE


i asked a question about the Iliad and someone posted this and it made it an infinitely more enjoyable and enlightening read for me.

I started with the greeks this month, now half way through Iliad

what i've learned:

> women, or honor related to possessing women, is the source of all conflict
> the gods who determine the outcome of said conflicts have the wisdom and maturity of human teen girls
> in battle you will either get a small baby cut or be grotesquely disemboweled

is it ever justifiable to skim/speed read literature? sometimes i want to absorb the concept or gist of a work mainly for background information for later work.

pic related, reading iliad now and find it a bit boring and repetitive to read thoroughly

Why is Fagles translations of the Iliad and Odyssey considered superior?