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Aeschylus' "Oresteia": A Literary Commentary by D.J. Conacher

Rubicon by Tom Holland

Some Hope by Edward St.Aubyn

The Pocket Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary

The Complete Greek Temples by Tony Spawforth

Revolutionary Road (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Yates

Sense and Sensibility (Penguin Classics S.) by Jane Austen

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About meI am interested in ancient Greek culture, and particularly like reading ancient Greek. I work in a school library and I'm helping to run an after school Latin club. My current project is to translate The Iliad. I'm aiming to stick to the lines of the original, to keep close to Greek forms of names, to respect formulas and repetitions, and to be fairly consistent in translations of individual words. As Logue would have it - I've joined the ranks of "the hopelessly insane".

About my libraryI especially like buying ancient Greek texts and translations. At the moment I've mainly catalogued my Greek and Roman books, though I'm adding new books in all subjects as I buy them. I am also going to tag the books I read each year, though tag them as NIML (not in my library), if necessary.

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) by Hunter S. Thompson

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Travelling Heroes: Greeks and Their Myths in the Epic Age of Homer by Robin Lane Fox

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It's a Don's Life by Mary Beard

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The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane

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Stars and Bars: A Novel by William Boyd

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Ransom, Revenge, and Heroic Identity in the Iliad by Donna F. Wilson

Hi Ginny,

Thanks for adding my library as one of your favorites.

posted by Stromateis at 7:51 am (EST) on Apr 30, 2009

Virginia,

Thanks so much for the comprehensive answer.

I start the Fagles translation on audio CD tonight.

posted by carmody at 5:41 pm (EST) on Apr 17, 2009

Hi Ginny -- I'm going to take your recomendation on the other Davidson book. So how did you learn Greek? Did you take a class or learn it on your own. I have not made much progress on the self-directed route myself ...

posted by Garp83 at 8:02 pm (EST) on Apr 15, 2009

thanks for your comment
i really happy that someone else likes pink chameleon i think it's a really good book

posted by xxlovemangaxx at 2:36 pm (EST) on Nov 25, 2008

Heya ginnyday,

I share two simalar books with you both my abosolute faves, good luck on your hobbies!
I quite like history too!

From,
xxlovemangaxx ..x

posted by xxlovemangaxx at 2:51 pm (EST) on Nov 12, 2008

Thanks for your comments, I haven't read anything that I thought was outstanding recently, although I am fairly critical. Have just started The End of Mr. Y which I have high hopes for based on what I have read so far. I wouldn't read any more Matthew Bartholomew after the one I read.

posted by scw at 1:59 pm (EST) on Nov 6, 2008

thanks

posted by Whohitmeonthehead at 8:39 am (EST) on Oct 22, 2008

I have added you to my list of "interesting libraries." I hope you don't mind...
Regards,
Roamnus

posted by Romanus at 11:59 am (EST) on Jul 30, 2008

howdy Dr Day,

This is my username! finally signed up to this thing!

Could you add me to the group please!

Jamie S

posted by js666 at 3:00 pm (EST) on Feb 28, 2008

I don't know what's happened with Redmond O'Hanlon. I found the first book of his that I read (several years ago now) unputdownable but I've really struggled with this one. Might give him a rest for a bit!

posted by crobins at 11:46 am (EST) on Jan 7, 2008

The Spatans aren't so pidgin, of course, in the original. But it's an exaggerated dialect in the original, reflecting the Athenian prejudices about Spartans--that they are somewhat stupid, unsophisticated and crude. I have seen them given anything from cockney to deep Southern to Russian dialects. But all of these real dialects carry their own baggage, which doesn't quite fit. So I made up something that is somewhere between Caveman and Cookie Monster...something that reflects the original, but without pretending it is an exact match for any current dialect. I think it also helps make them lovable even when they are being stupid...maybe the Cookie Monster connection works there.

posted by EdwardEinhorn at 11:24 am (EST) on Sep 15, 2007

Thanks for your interest. You can read an excerpt of the Lysistrata script (with some production photos) at http://www.untitledtheater.com/Lysistrat.... Is that helpful?

Edward Einhorn

posted by EdwardEinhorn at 4:55 pm (EST) on Sep 12, 2007

That's a striking image you're using above. Can you tell me what it is?

posted by rjohara at 8:48 pm (EST) on May 7, 2007

I've corrected the date, it's the 1960 one I have, imported books en masse, and haven't had time to correct all the entries. I used the Bristol Classical Studies books when I did Greek, and bought this to expand the work I was doing. Sadly I don't often get back to reading Greek or Latin, in the original anyway. Re-read The Ten Thousand when I was walking through France a couple of years ago, nothing like seeing other suffer more to make you feel better.

posted by megamorg at 7:26 pm (EST) on Feb 19, 2007

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