The Odyssey - Manual of Secret Teachings?
- Thread starter Laura
- Start date
Re: The Odyssey - question for all!
grrrr just lost my post
anyway yes have read it ,loved it,read it several times as a kid ,not sure about school,I think it was assumed we all knew it.
my late grandfather was a high school headmaster who taught classical greek,latin and hebrew and propably quoted from it
would love to read it again looking for hyperdimentional clues
grrrr just lost my post
anyway yes have read it ,loved it,read it several times as a kid ,not sure about school,I think it was assumed we all knew it.
my late grandfather was a high school headmaster who taught classical greek,latin and hebrew and propably quoted from it
would love to read it again looking for hyperdimentional clues
StrangeCaptain
Jedi Council Member
Re: The Odyssey - question for all!
This MIT source is friendlier than the one I provided as no extre browser plug-ins are needed to read it. Here is the link:
http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html
I read a couple of chapters this morning as wake-up reading, and it is pretty incredible.
Slow Motion Mary said:
This MIT source is friendlier than the one I provided as no extre browser plug-ins are needed to read it. Here is the link:
http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html
I read a couple of chapters this morning as wake-up reading, and it is pretty incredible.
Re: The Odyssey - question for all!
Started reading last night after your post Laura. Its already a great read and lifts of the page easily. I am reading this version http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.mb.txt
Started reading last night after your post Laura. Its already a great read and lifts of the page easily. I am reading this version http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.mb.txt
Re: The Odyssey - question for all!
I've never read it. But I'm looking forward to this group reading exercise!
English is not my native language, so I will probably settle with the translation of Butler. He translated into easily accessible prose language. Luckily, the audio book that was shared before is also a Butler translation. Here is an overview of the best known translations of Odyssey together with reading examples:
http://www.editoreric.com/greatlit/translations/Odyssey.html
Edit: Changed "Butcher" to "Butler"
I've never read it. But I'm looking forward to this group reading exercise!
English is not my native language, so I will probably settle with the translation of Butler. He translated into easily accessible prose language. Luckily, the audio book that was shared before is also a Butler translation. Here is an overview of the best known translations of Odyssey together with reading examples:
http://www.editoreric.com/greatlit/translations/Odyssey.html
Edit: Changed "Butcher" to "Butler"
Re: The Odyssey - question for all!
This is exactly what I had planned to discuss today when I mentioned that I would quote a bit from Louden about the structure.
Louden has actually done a comparison of Greek and ancient Near Eastern Literature. But, considering the work of Gmirkin, the only "structure" that will be found in the OT will be due to accident because nearly all of it is stolen from the literary works of others, often polemic, and definitely with a political agenda.
I don't have much truck with Parabola - there's politics behind them.
Slow Motion Mary said:
This is exactly what I had planned to discuss today when I mentioned that I would quote a bit from Louden about the structure.
Slow Motion Mary said:
Louden has actually done a comparison of Greek and ancient Near Eastern Literature. But, considering the work of Gmirkin, the only "structure" that will be found in the OT will be due to accident because nearly all of it is stolen from the literary works of others, often polemic, and definitely with a political agenda.
Slow Motion Mary said:
I don't have much truck with Parabola - there's politics behind them.
Courageous Inmate Sort
Jedi Master
Re: The Odyssey - question for all!
I just found this analysis about ring composition in the Odyssey: "The Three Circuits of the Suitors: A Ring Composition in Odyssey 17-22", by Steve Reece.
_http://journal.oraltradition.org/files/articles/10i/13_reece.pdf
I just found this analysis about ring composition in the Odyssey: "The Three Circuits of the Suitors: A Ring Composition in Odyssey 17-22", by Steve Reece.
_http://journal.oraltradition.org/files/articles/10i/13_reece.pdf
Re: The Odyssey - question for all!
Not read it either, but have always been drawn to the (cheesy) film adaptations.
Having said that I watched one of the films recently and was struck quite strongly by the hyperdimensional aspect of it! The whole thing was full of high strangeness.
Not read it either, but have always been drawn to the (cheesy) film adaptations.
Having said that I watched one of the films recently and was struck quite strongly by the hyperdimensional aspect of it! The whole thing was full of high strangeness.
Re: The Odyssey - question for all!
I read Iliad many years ago but not Odysseus. I will look for it at the library today.
I read Iliad many years ago but not Odysseus. I will look for it at the library today.
