How to start with the greeks as someone who hasnt read a book since 4th grade

>>24472668 (OP)
id want some more information, specifically
>how difficult a book are you looking for
>why do you want to start with the greeks

read the emily wilson translations of homer, it's a translation for a our time, the zoomer age

>>24472691
3rd grade level pls

>>24472715
bro, maybe you should start smaller, try really entry level books like A Mind For Numbers or (not memeing) how to read a book, or something like, idk, Charlotes Web, Alice In Wonderland, Animal Farm...

How about Aesops Fables?

>>24472715
Bulfinch's mythology

>>24472668 (OP)
This song and this album are not art. This is just an objective worship of Satan and death.

>>24472869
>christcuck opines on aesthetics

>>24472668 (OP)
try finding slop lit you can enjoy first. 'starting with the greeks' is self sabotage

Homer, simple as. He is not hard to read.

>>24472869
its a great album, all music is blessed, its art

>>24472869
>This is just an objective worship of Satan and death.
Thus its an ugly album, therefore its good. DG should turn you towards God.

Not OP, but since the topic is related I don't want to spam the board with another thread.

Would it be better to start with Mythology by Edith Hamilton, or The Library of Greek Mythology by Apollodorus?
I see both getting recommended, with the modern one being shorter and easier to read, while also not being exclusive to Greek mythology. I don't really struggle with reading comprehension, so I'd be fine with either - just unsure which one would be a better read, since I probably won't go through both.

>>24473489
i personally read edith hamiltons mythology, my recommendation is just read the parts you're most interested in.

lol

>>24473554
Quality post.

>>24472668 (OP)
Read Homer
>>24472702
>This
but compare different translations until you find one that feels good to read. Emily Wilson is god awful (as a translator I can't say) but as a writer of prose, god awful.

>Robert Fagles

"True son of Tydeus, Diomedes, joy of my heart!
Forget the orders—nothing to fear, my friend,
neither Ares nor any other god. You too,
I'll urge you on with so much winning force.
Up now! Lash your racing horses at Ares first,
strike him at close range, no shrinking away here
before that headlong Ares! Just look at the manic,
born for disaster, double-dealing, lying two-face god—

>Emily Wison:

“Diomedes, son of Tydeus,
dear to my heart, do not be scared of Ares,
nor any of the other deathless gods,
because I will be there to keep you safe.
Come on now, drive your horse straight at Ares,
and strike him close at hand. Do not hold back
from that shapeshifter. He was made for trouble—
violent, and aggressive, and insane.
He promised me and Hera earlier
that he would help the Greeks and fight the Trojans.

>>24472668 (OP)
>"someone who hasnt read a book since 4th grade"
>Likes death grips
Checks out

>>24473816
haha I hate thing too

>>24472668 (OP)
Iliad and Odyssey (Alexander Pope)
Aeneid (John Dryden)
Metamorphoses (Golding)
Divine Comedy (Longfellow)

>>24472668 (OP)
>cover art is just a nog's face
What a fucking failure american "culture" is.