The Iliad

bsl-tlb · 01-13-2006, 01:38 PM

has any bode read The Iliad by Homer
I know it's very old but I think that ancient Greek literature and their civilization live for ever

any way...
It's the book that the movie Troy was inspired by but the book is way more fascinating

andrew247 · 01-13-2006, 01:43 PM

I studied it while doing greek in second year

The school has many subjects, why Greek?

bsl-tlb · 01-13-2006, 01:53 PM

I wish they taught us Greek in school
I really like to read that book in Greek
I might learn it any way
Is it hard?

andrew247 · 01-13-2006, 01:59 PM

You mean apart from it being like this:
Ťις ις Γρεεκ
(This is Greek)
The T has a tonos above it to signify the 'th' sound.

Aírmanareiks Þiudareiks · 01-13-2006, 08:05 PM

I've read it in the original Ancient Greek format. Cool for its time. Greek is an easy language IMO. Reading Greek maybe hard for some but learning the language is easy. I know both Modern and Ancient Greek.
Cool, Andrew! You speak Greek? What other languages do you know?

andrew247 · 01-14-2006, 04:13 AM

I can write Greek letters, but I can't really string sentences together

I did Latin for a few years, and I've been doing French for the past 4 years. (In Primary school I did Italian, so I know a bit of the basics). Unfortunetely the only foreign language which I can do reasonably well is French....the others were just compulsory subjects in school for the first 2 years.

Random · 01-28-2006, 01:08 PM

I've read Iliad in school even we had to know some parts of this book by hart

armstrong26491 · 01-31-2006, 09:07 AM

Has anyone read the book "where Troy once Stood" ?
It's a very good but controversal theory about the true location of Troy, which im pretty certain wasn't in Turkey

Kuting · 04-05-2006, 05:02 AM

ive read that one but it took me ages....i find it boring..but im not sayin that its not worth to read...im not really into mythology stuffs

mcmaktoby · 04-06-2006, 06:45 AM

I've read Iliad and it's really fascinating how Homer think of writing this stuff during those times

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01-13-2006, 01:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
andrew247 Google Guru Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: c:\GoogleCommunity Posts: 3,420 Thanks: 3 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	I studied it while doing greek in second year The school has many subjects, why Greek?

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bsl-tlb Senior Googler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Damascus - Syria Posts: 191 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I wish they taught us Greek in school I really like to read that book in Greek I might learn it any way Is it hard?

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andrew247 Google Guru Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: c:\GoogleCommunity Posts: 3,420 Thanks: 3 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	You mean apart from it being like this: Ťις ις Γρεεκ (This is Greek) The T has a tonos above it to signify the 'th' sound.

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Aírmanareiks Þiudareiks Elite Googler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Posts: 1,279 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I've read it in the original Ancient Greek format. Cool for its time. Greek is an easy language IMO. Reading Greek maybe hard for some but learning the language is easy. I know both Modern and Ancient Greek. Cool, Andrew! You speak Greek? What other languages do you know?

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andrew247 Google Guru Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: c:\GoogleCommunity Posts: 3,420 Thanks: 3 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	I can write Greek letters, but I can't really string sentences together I did Latin for a few years, and I've been doing French for the past 4 years. (In Primary school I did Italian, so I know a bit of the basics). Unfortunetely the only foreign language which I can do reasonably well is French....the others were just compulsory subjects in school for the first 2 years.

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Random Senior Googler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: :noitacoL Posts: 162 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I've read Iliad in school even we had to know some parts of this book by hart

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armstrong26491 Senior Googler Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 195 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Has anyone read the book "where Troy once Stood" ? It's a very good but controversal theory about the true location of Troy, which im pretty certain wasn't in Turkey

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Kuting Google Freak Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: * In Her Arms * Posts: 275 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ive read that one but it took me ages....i find it boring..but im not sayin that its not worth to read...im not really into mythology stuffs

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mcmaktoby Senior Googler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Gotham City Posts: 138 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I've read Iliad and it's really fascinating how Homer think of writing this stuff during those times

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