I want to start with the Greeks, is this a good chart?

[Anonymous No.13232318]

Also what do the colored lines mean? I already got Hamilton’s mythology

[Anonymous No.13232502]

Well you've got to start somewhere. You could familiarize yourself with Ancient Greek history first if you deem it necessary.
Regarding the chart, it's incomplete as fuck. Hesiod should be read right next to Homer; I'd add Xenophon's Anabasis after Thucydides just because he's based as fuck. Also skipping fucking Aeschylus is a crime.

[Anonymous No.13232574]

>>13232318
blue is philosophy, green is history, yellow is lit (?), not sure abt orange, looks like they're cribs. i think almost all charts from this board are not very good

[Anonymous No.13232617]

>>13232318
This chart fucking sucks.
Fagles' translation is the worst Odyssey. Also, that Strauss book is awful. It's complete speculation. Hamilton is not very good.

Odyssey translations that are good are Lattimore and Wilson. If you want that "Mythology" by hamilton book vibe get the Bulfinch or "A Short History of Myth" by Karen Armstrong. Very good

[Anonymous No.13232916]

>>13232617
>bullfinch better than Hamilton

Yeah okay if you want to go to fucking sleep

[Anonymous No.13232933]

>>13232318
yes but first you have to learn Homeric Greek in order to appreciate The Iliad and The Odyssey

then you'll need to learn Ionic Greek for Herodotus

then you'll need to learn Attic Greek for the philosophers

then you'll need to learn Koine Greek for the later works from Alexander through to Roman works written in Greek.

[Anonymous No.13232969]

>>13232933
but, that chart is all translations

[Anonymous No.13233033]

>>13232318
>start with the greeks
>first book in that chart wasn't written by the greeks

[Anonymous No.13233136]

>>13233033
the greek myths were written by the greeks

[Anonymous No.13233165]

Read Plato. Don't waste time with anything else.
Consult Wikipedia for more info on random stuff.

[Anonymous No.13233219]

>>13232318
>I already got Hamilton’s mythology
Read it, it's good. Don't limit yourself to this chart too strictly. Just come back to it whenever you like it.

[Anonymous No.13233714]

>>13232318
If you want one of the other Greek charts, here.
For your chart:
Yellow is literature
Orange companion books
Blue philosophy
Green history
You don't have to read the companion books to understand what's going on. Hamilton is just to help you get an understanding of the gods/goddesses and myths so that you'll understand some of the references in Homer and other works.

>>13233165
>just read Plato
That means skipping fantastic epic poems and some of the first history nooks. Why would you do that?

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