Should I read Odysseus before reading Ulysses?

>Odysseus
no, you should probably kill yourself

Don't read either

>>8068813
It's 2 am and im tired as fuck
"Odyssey"

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What is the best translation (yes, a fucking translation) for The Odyssey? I've seen some version in prose really cheap, what do I do?

I'm on page 25. When does Leopold Bloom make his appearance?

>>8068855
chapter 4

>>8068809
you most certainly HAVE to read Odyssey because the book is FULL of allusions to the Odyssey
obviously duh?!? don't you know the Latin word for Odyssey is Ulysses!dummy. so of course you have to (read Odyssey before Ulysses) because they' re the fucking same name so obviously they' re connected

Do you know what\s the first chapter name for UIysses?? Telemachius/Telemachiad!
Who Is that?!!? ODYSSEYS SON. but you dont KNOW that until you read ODYSSEY

jesus CHRIST kids today DONT learn any THING

>>8068809
Irish English graduate here.

You seriously don't need to know anything of Homer to appreciate Ulysses deeply, Joyce just utilized the framework because he knew it gives Literary circle autistis a hard-on. The beauty of the work is in its considerations of life, mind, character, language and prose.

>>8068836
Fitzgerald and Fagles are the ones that are most widely recommended. I personally prefer Fitzgerald.

>>8070177
autism

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>>8068809
>Odysseus

Nope, I'm 400 pages into Ulysses with only a general knowledge of the Odyssey having heard and seen various adaptations, but never having sat down to read it. It has not hindered my reading or understanding of the novel one bit, but it will be interesting to go back after having read The Odyssey