/lit/ - Literature

Got another one

>>19136402
good luck, m8. and don’t forget to read herodotus

People are still falling for that meme chart? lmao

>>19136402
>didn't set out with the sumerians
ngmi

Ur doing good op proud of you

>>19136402
I've been starting with the greeks for about 10 years now. I'm halfway through Plato now, we're all gonna make it

>>19136402
>Strauss
>Hamilton
>greek

>>19136468
hamilton was an honorary citizen of athens, close enough

>>19136402
good job, anon.

>>19136402
>Only secondary sources
You're actually PREPARING with the greeks, anon.

>>19136402
i enjoyed hamilton's book, but it's a bit simplistic, good for a starter though

>>19136402
The rich, boisterous nature of Hesiod and Homer leading to the pedantry of Plato and Aristotle is the truest form of Greek tragedy.

>>19136402
Check out this /his/ thread and good luck to you!

>>>/his/11994493

>>19136419
Someone post it, I want it

>>19139636

>>19139662
Cheers lad, looks decent to me

>>19136402
good luck, hope you have a great time reading it

>>19136402
That Edith Hamilton is great, read it years ago.

>>19136402
we got him boys

>>19139773
It spoiled all of Homer and the plays. I would have stopped reading if not for my ocd.

>>19136402
There is a better chart in beginning son here, it is the blue one
https://4chanlit.fandom.com/wiki/Charts

>>19141769
>spoiled
unironically kys

bros there are 30 pages left in the iliad and i'm wondering when the trojan horse gets inside the city

>>19136611
fuck that stupid bitch

>>19141817
That’s the Aeneid which was written centuries later by a Roman

>>19136402
why not just read History of the Peloponessian war????

>>19136402
The book on the right is utter trash. I couldn't even get past the first 10 pages because the author just autistically desribes everyone's clothes. Zero history.

>>19142140
it’s a bit dry desu

>>19136402
what a waste of fucking time

just read the Iliad you idiot

>>19136402
read The Ancient Greek Hero by Gregory Nagi, it's like a companion from Homer to Plato

>>19141817
Anon, I...

>>19141775
>There is a better chart in beginning son here, it is the blue one
IMO more isn't better. They grey chart in >>19139662 is better I think because it's concise and sensible (orange = supplemental).

The pic related blue chart is all over the place and the colours make no sense. I mean in what world do people need to read two Oxford textbooks and then slog through Apollodorus's snorefest just to start the Iliad (the inaccurate, latinate Pope translation to boot).

The grey chart is much more sensible to me: smash through Hamilton and then just read the important shit, supplementing only if you really want.

>>19136745
Like how much of a starter though, I read the first 15 pages and it all seemed like the most basic shit I've ever seen. What kind of shithole do you have to come from where you don't even know stories of the Greeks in a most basic context. I honestly pity anyone who was neglected to the point where they have to read Hamilton before they can understand what Homer is talking about.

>>19139662
is it really retarded to get the complete works of aristotle and plato that are listed on this chart

>>19142148
This, holy shit

>>19143166
the first 15 pages of an intro book is basic?

>>19143166
Cool, now read the Mahabharata without an intro text.

>>19144883
Sorry I'm white

>>19136402
good for you OP. You're in for a helluva journey that never ends. Don't forget to read the actual Illiad, Odyssey, and then the pre-socratics when you're done with those

>>19144915
The Heros of the Mahabharata are whiter than you are.

>>19143166
Skip the intro chapter about the gods and forces of nature if you want to get to the stories (and you're a big pleb)

>>19144915
>he's not an Aryan
Puke.