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Do I have to read "Mythology" by Edith Hamilton? Is "The Iliad" too difficult to comprehend without the knowledge obtained from "Mythology" by Edith Hamilton?

I'm more interested in 20th, and 19th century philosophers opposed to the Greeks. Why are angsty teenagers (like me) attracted to Nietzsche and similar? For some reason I don't find the Greeks interesting—despite not reading a single page of them or understanding their philosophy from summarized sources. Once I begin reading the Greeks will I find them interesting?

>> No.13676689

>>13676678
OP here.

To add, I have tried reading that first few paragraphs of "The Iliad," and it is quite a difficult read because it more akin to poetry.

Am I a brainlet?

>> No.13676694
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13676694

>>13676678
Watch the movie and the series and you'll be fine

>> No.13676695

>>13676678
Yeah, it's important. It talks about being vs becoming, ontology originates w Parmenides etc. You can't actually participate in it until you understand what he's arguing for or against. A lot of the times u will find they don't mention shit about what they're denying, or it's implied by them denying something else. Really no reason to read Nietzsche wo knowing the basics unless ure looking for a high

>> No.13676721

>>13676694
Finest shitposting.

>> No.13676749

Someone post the othet (blue) chart it suggests another book to start. Also bulfinch's mythology maybe better than edith's book not sure

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>>13676749
So is this chart better than the on in the OP.

>> No.13676840

>>13676678
If you are just interested in philosophy, you could skip to the presocratics on that chart. You'll be missing out on great literature and the foundation of culture, but you can still understand Plato without reading Greek plays. Understanding Nietzsche and the 20th century without Plato, that's going to be harder.