The Odyssey – Alexander Pope translation (1725)

Re:The Odyssey – Alexander Pope translation (1725) by vkazanov on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @09:54AM (#24353228)

In my Russian school back in Lithuania we had a very limited course covering classic literature as a part of a bigger generic literature course: I remember reading Odyssey, Iliad, etc

My colleague from Austria had a course in Latin back in school, and he mentioned that he read /Commentarii de Bello Gallico/ in the original language.

Oh, and I study Ancient Egyptian right now. Not too many - none - people support me in this endeavor. But in general it feels that in UK it is relatively easy to find people interested in those things.

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Re:The Odyssey – Alexander Pope translation (1725) by bookofjoe on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @10:42AM (#24353745)

Yes! I recall reading "Commentaries on the Gallic Wars" (Commentarii de Bello Gallico) in Julius Caesar's original Latin in high school and being thrilled to be able to actually understand his account nearly 2000 years after he wrote it. 56 years after encountering it in Miss Shaw's Latin class, I can still recall the beginning of the first sentence:

>Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres...

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Re:The Odyssey – Alexander Pope translation (1725) by 082349872349872 on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @01:41PM (#24355688)

Totane? Minime! Vicus quidam a gallis invictis habitatus invasoribus resistere adhuc non desinit. ...

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