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So if I wanted to read through the western canon (start to finish),

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So if I wanted to read through the western canon (start to finish), what would my first 5-10 books be?

The Iliad
The Odyssey
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The Divine Comedy?
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Anonymous 2017-05-03 04:39:01 Post No.9457905
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Anonymous 2017-05-03 04:39:01 Post No.9457905 [Report]
If you're too stupid to figure it out for yourself, you're too stupid to accomplish it.
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Anonymous 2017-05-03 04:44:52 Post No.9457916
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Anonymous 2017-05-03 04:44:52 Post No.9457916 [Report]
>>9457884
Iliad
Odyssey
Aeneid
Divine Comedy
Paradise Lost
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Anonymous 2017-05-03 04:48:15 Post No.9457927
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Anonymous 2017-05-03 04:48:15 Post No.9457927 [Report]
This isn't in chronological order, but if you want to do the whole Western canon thing, you should tackle the St. John's College reading list.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/10941.St_John_s_College_Reading_List_Freshmen_to_Juniors_
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Anonymous 2017-05-03 05:58:28 Post No.9458104
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Odyssey/Iliad
Oresteia
Oedipus Cycle
Aeneid
Metamorphoses
Genesis/Exodus/Job/Gospels
Divine Comedy
Don Quixote
Hamlet/Lear/Midsummer Night's Dream/The Tempest/Henry IV pt 1
Faust 1&2
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Anonymous 2017-05-03 06:12:14 Post No.9458132
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Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious
Masks of God
Golden Bough
Homer
Xenophon
Plato
Aristotle
Thucyides
Herodotus
Bible
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