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Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Map of the Afterlife
How do I read Dante’s Divine Comedy?
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Which Translation of Homer Should You Read?
There’s no single ‘best’ Homer — every translation is a trade-off. How to choose the right one for a first reading, especially before Nolan’s film.
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Why The Odyssey Still Matters, Three Thousand Years On
Three thousand years on, the Odyssey still asks the permanent questions: what it means to come home, what we owe those who wait, how a self holds together through time.
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Greek Mythology 101: Hesiod and the Birth of the Gods
Where does Greek mythology come from?
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Greek Tragedy: The Other Pillar of the Greek Imagination
If Homer is one pillar of the Greek imagination, tragedy is the other. Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and why they’re the natural next step after the Odyssey.
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The Three Musketeers and the d’Artagnan Romances: A Reading Order
What order should I read the d’Artagnan novels?
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Reading Homer: The Iliad and the First Epic of War
What is the Iliad about and should I read it?
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Greek Mythology 101: The Gods and Myths Behind The Odyssey
The gods of the Odyssey didn’t spring from nowhere. Hesiod’s Theogony tells you where Zeus, Poseidon, and Athena came from — and makes the divine machinery of Homer make sense.
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The Iliad vs The Odyssey: What’s the Difference, and Which to Read First
The Iliad is a poem of war; the Odyssey a poem of homecoming. Here’s the real difference between Homer’s two epics, and which one to read first.
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The Odyssey: Why Homer Still Matters
Why should I read Homer’s Odyssey today?