which of these classical texts have you read?
the iliad, the odyssey, and the aeneid
the iliad and the odyssey, not the aeneid
the iliad only
the odyssey only
the aeneid only
the aeneid and the iliad, not the odyssey
the aeneid and the odyssey, not the iliad
I have read none of these
"what if I've read part of it" if it's a large enough part that you would consider yourself to Have Read It in general contexts, then it counts. if it's not, then it doesn't. only you can be the judge of that, but I'm not giving you a nuance button.
any translations count, but abridged retellings don't
obviously, there are lots of other classical texts out there. you might have read none of these and be an expert on greek tragedy. I'm not judging your classical knowledge so you don't need to tell me all that. I'm just curious about combos of these specific texts and their popularity, bc a post i just saw got me thinking about it
It is not the fuck possible to be an expert on Greek tragedy and not have read Homer you dilettante.
In Greece we are taught this text. Not the Aeneid, but we are taught the Odyssey in its entirety in the first grade of middle school, and the Illiad the year afterwards. Yes, we know it's the reverse order, but the government figured that the Odyssey is less bloody and therefore more suitable to teach earlier. Then in the third grade, when I was in school at least we were taught Helen of Euripides (or however it is you people spell it).
And it's a proper class, we are taught everything from the displayed traditions to narrative structures in the text, to how the text reflect the political climate of Homer's era. And while we read the modern translated text, the ancient text (transcribed so it's readable to the modern viewer) is right next to the modern one.
