I got a Greek gf. What should I read to understand their cultural background and identity as a people?
>yes I've read Homer and started with the fucking Greeks
i'm reading pic related bc she gave me as a gift, it's an interesting read so far. It has some good peaks in the prose, but has some unpolished edges I guess. Someone has other suggestions?
The history of the Ottoman empire.
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Perhaps Henry Miller's The Colossus of Maroussi. The Greeks I know are both easy-going and exceptionally moral, family-oriented and very private with respect to family affairs. Like Bulgarians they loathe the Turks, which is unfortunate because Istanbul is perhaps the coolest city in the world.