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Originally posted by uss:
All this talk about the old Iliad makes me want to read it.  But I don't know anything about it - Is it available in one book?
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Sure is. It's fully translated into many different languages.
A word of caution though: the Iliad is designed to be recited aloud by a bard, it was not designed to be 'read' as a piece of literature. Thus, there is alot of repitition of phrases and paragraphs in order to give the bard enough time to organise his thoughts to think about which verse comes next (it's a huge poem, my hat goes off to all of the ancient bards that were able to recite it by heart) [img]smile.gif[/img] So, it doesn't read the way a modern storybook does. It is a poetic epic, an elaborate song, not a novel. But it's still a great story, and gives you a glimpse into a world and culture very different from our own, but one that we nevertheless can claim descent from.
[ 05-17-2004, 08:33 AM: Message edited by: The Hierophant ]