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The Odyssey/Iliad
« on: July 20, 2004, 01:27:42 pm »
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I am completley in love with these books. They are so well written. I am so into Greek Mythology and as soon as I read it I was hooked. I know so much about the subject.
Who else likes them?
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Re:The Odyssey/Iliad
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2004, 03:53:24 am »
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I must confess I read only pieces taken from Iliad/Odyssey and not the whole poems. They're the basis of Western culture; so archetypal.
In Iliad I love the affair between Achilles and Briseis.
When I was a child my mom used to tell me stories from the Odyssey - I loved it.
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Re:The Odyssey/Iliad
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2004, 11:27:19 am »
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So much people find the stories boring. But I disagree I find them SO exiting!
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Re:The Odyssey/Iliad
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2004, 11:57:09 am »
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Ooh, are you reading it throughout, Anna?
I have this strange thought that one day I'll read the Odyssey to my little baby in the cradle   I don't know why I have such idea.
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Re:The Odyssey/Iliad
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2004, 12:56:11 am »
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Quote from: I love lamp. on July 29, 2004, 10:11:23 am
I love them. I'm now halfway through the Odyssey, and it rocks. 
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Oh, I know I read it last hyear and I really want them to make a book out of it.
They onley made a movie out of the Iliad. I don't know why they renamed it Troy though.
Did anyone else know that Troy was a remake? I didn't 'till a few weeks or months ago.
Sorry I tend to lose track of time.
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Re:The Odyssey/Iliad
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2004, 07:13:38 am »
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I had to read the Odyssey last year...but to be honest, I could not force myself to read the whole thing  I liked the beginning, and the first few chapters, and the ending...as for the rest i read sparknotes 
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Re:The Odyssey/Iliad
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2004, 11:02:22 pm »
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Quote from: Amandaisshort on August 03, 2004, 07:13:38 am
I had to read the Odyssey last year...but to be honest, I could not force myself to read the whole thing I liked the beginning, and the first few chapters, and the ending...as for the rest i read sparknotes
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Oh, that's fine many people are like that.
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Re:The Odyssey/Iliad
« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2004, 08:31:00 pm »
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I would really like to read both, but I havent had the chance yet! I love Greek mythology and history...I loved to study it in school. There, I read parts of the Iliad. I just need to get off my lazy bum and read the rest of it! I feel like it challenges my imagination and it is such great creativity, I've always been in awe of such things. I agree, I think it is very interesting also.
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Re:The Odyssey/Iliad
« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2004, 05:34:30 pm »
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Oh, I love Greek Mythology! I don't know who introduced me to it and I don't know where my enthusiasm for it comes from, but I am smitten. I've also been to Greece a few times already. There is history around every corner. Delos (mythological birthplace of Artemis&Apollon) was absolutely magical.
I like the Odyssey a bit better than the Iliad.
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Re:The Odyssey/Iliad
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2004, 09:27:49 pm »
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I wonder how old he was when he died?
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Re:The Odyssey/Iliad
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2004, 11:19:43 pm »
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Quote from: Flea the Fanatical on August 23, 2004, 05:29:50 am
i've just started The Illaid. it's pretty good so far
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Trust me you'll love the rest as well.
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Re:The Odyssey/Iliad
« Reply #14 on: October 03, 2004, 03:58:39 pm »
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Quote from: TotalGeek on August 21, 2004, 09:27:49 pm
I wonder how old he was when he died?
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Nothing is really known about his life only that he lived around the 8th century B.C. and that he was supposed to be blind.
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