We all know /lit/'s response to the Iliad and the Odissey,

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>>9739221
I've read pic related a couple times, and the Fagles versions of Iliad and Odyssey. I prefer Fitzgerald.

>>9739221
It's a necessary read to bridge the gap between Homer and Dante. It's a really cool book when read in the context of Roman mythopoesis and its later vestiges in Christian lit.

It would have been the work with the greatest instance of katabasis if it hadn't been for Dante's Inferno.
I can't speak for its use of language, since I can't read Latin. Virgil does showcase a control over structure that isn't present in Homer's works. The allusions to The Iliad and Odyssey into Aeneas's journey makes Aeneas' strife timeless and certainly adds to the themes of the poem.
It's one of the greatest works of art tackling themes of posterity and legacy.
One of my favorite parts of the poem is the meeting between Aeneas and Anchises in Hades.

It's very important, but the Homer stuff is emphasized because you gotta start with the Greeks.

>>9739351
A lot of what makes Dante's work so compelling though is the way that he built off of Virgil's work. The Aeneid suffers from being the middle child between The Odyssey and The Divine Comedy, but I found it to be very fulfilling. It definitely made my reading of The Inferno richer to have read The Aeneid first.

Has anybody here read the John Dryden translation? If so, how was it?

So fuckin epic.

>>9739221
It's a foundation myth for Rome. Some say it's propaganda.

Many Romans tried to tie the story of Aeneas to the story of Romulus and Remus who are two brothers in the other Roman foundation myth.

I have yet to read it myself, I have been reading some Roman history lately and plan on reading it soon.

>>9739221
>Reading Roman fanfiction seriously
Pfft, this place is really going down the drain.

>>9741714
>>logical extrapolation: Joyce is Irish fanfic

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