why is this so hard to read

>>35013331
because you're dumb, anon. because you are dumb.

>>35013331
Because you have no interest in greek mythology.

Because you are being forced to read it. Just wiki it. It will tell you everything.

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>>35013331
>it takes him more than half an hour to accurately read and comprehend The Iliad

your to inteligent too read it

>>35013331
Skip book 2, it's unnecessary

>>35013331
try war and peace

till this day I use it when I can't sleep, so far I haven't been able to get past page 5

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>>35013511
>till this day I use it when I can't sleep, so far I haven't been able to get past page 5

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>>35013511
how is that possible? war and peace took my one sitting to complete, when i was fucking 15. jesus christ. this board is filled with retards.

>>35013331
It's probably the translation. Are you reading the Rieu like in the pic, or somebody else?

I've read it all in Ancient Greek. We did it in school here in Greece and I always liked it.

>>35014133

Is ancient Greek similair to modern Greek?

I'm Dutch but if I tried to listen to some Dutch guy from before the Roman empire it'd sound like unintelligable gibberish...

>>35014131
I'm reading a Penguin edition translated by Robert Fagles.

>>35014133
pay debts, shitskin

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>>35014133
I've read it in ancient greek too, although I'm Italian. Also, the Aeneid in latin is pretty cool too.
>>35014376
From what I heard it is quite difficult to understand for modern greeks apart from some words.

>>35014423
lattimore or bust

>>35013331
It's supposed to be in SOOOOONG

>>35013331

Maybe you have a bad translation. I'm currently reading it as well, and I don't find it very hard to read. I'm currently in the middle of book two, so I just started really.

>>35014053
You do realize where you are right?

O

>>35016572
Which version do you have?

>>35016635
I have the Fagles one, is that you who said that earlier in the thread?

I found books such as Herodotus and Thucydides' books much more enjoyable than the Iliad. Herodotus was humorous in some parts, and is more entertaining than Thucydides, though the latter is enjoyable as well.

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>thinking homer is hard to read
you are like a baby

>>35013331
I read it over the course of one night in Liverpool train station (and then some 24 hour trucker cafe because they kicked me out) while I waited for my oneitis to turn up. Of course, she never did.

>>35016781
>Thinking House of Leaves is hard to read
What the fuck is wrong with you, retard? It's a little bit slow but it's not complex in the least.

>>35013331
It's old, and not in the original language.
Here's a nice interpretation of it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aofPdMbXzUQ

>>35016907
You have to read it multiple times to pick up on everything
even then there's always going to be something you've missed

>>35013511
Is this an American Dad reference?

>>35017602
Maybe I should read it again then desu. Very comfy the first time. Best bit was when he was floating.

>>35016907
>>35017602
>>35016781
multiple people said this book was great and i started reading it but it seemed like boring, cliched garbage so i gave up after the first ten pages or so. does it get better?

>>35017680
It does get more interesting, but it never really builds momentum in terms of pace. It's pretty low key really. There are some great trippy moments that encourage you to use your imagination. There's a reason it's an /x/ favourite.

>>35017680
It's cliched because it was so influential. You've seen all the derivative works, and things it influenced. Probably seen a few cartoon renditions of it too (Simpsons, Arthur).

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H-how many of you guys just read all the time instead of vidya?

Have been posting in stack threads on /lit/ every 3 or 4 books I get but never get (you)'s

>>35013331
Have you never read poetry before?

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>>35016781
>fiction is hard
literal poseur

>>35017820
Maybe your stacks are shit. Have you tried stacking in reverse order by size? Have you tried reading less shit? What are you currently reading?

>>35017912
>In the spirit of Lewis Carroll
I can't be sure, but I doubt that that book would serve well in the grooming process

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>>35017820
>>>/lit/9133811
I think my stacks are decent compared to what else I see.

Finished the first essay in my Machiavelli collection detailing his life.

>>35017912
It's not that the language or concepts are challenging, it's the subtlety

>>35016781
THIS BETTER BE GOOOD

I BETTER DISCOVER AND UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE ONCE I FINISH EVERYTHING

>>35017938
woops mean't to reply to you in>>35018179

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IiteraIIy what>

>>35018398
try reading it out loud

>>35013331
Something about it being written to be performed, not read by an individual

>>35018398
>he cant read english m8

This reminds me, as an britbong, i've always wondered how hard a clockwork orange is to understand for americans. Can anyone comment on this?

>>35018426
i know what it means but when you're half asleep, laying sideways and 2 seconds from extreme coma-mode and reading on a kindle, you want to die and your eyes flutter and you kind of wish that paragraph didn't exist lmao

perfectly understand it fine, i just hate reading very finely tailored accents unless i'm fully there

>>35018488
tell me when you can read in braille with your middle toe

then i shall acknowledge your prowess.

until then, pls go.

>tfw the house of leaves braille tome will never be published
Forever unfinished

>>35014423
Really? I liked Lattimore's translation. The only boring part of the Iliad is when they call out all the countries who participated.

>>35018398
l don't remember this part.

>>35018611
Fagles*, got mixed up when I was reading the other anon's post.