November / Ancient Greek/ Roman Reading Poll

[Scheherazade]

In November, we will be reading something from Ancient Greek/ Roman Literature.

Please post your nominations in this thread by September 30th.

Please remember that:

- Only those members with 50+ posts can nominate.

- One nomination per member.

- Only the first 10 nominations will be included in the poll.


The Book Club readings are for those who would like to read and discuss books together with other members.

If you are not able to take part or unwilling to (re)read your own nominations, please refrain from nominating book.

[OrphanPip]

I'm gonna cheat a little and nominate all three Theban Plays by Sophocles together, they are sold together often anyway. Also, having three relatively short readings to discuss will probably help keep discussion lively. And, while Oedipus Rex is widely read, there are probably a few who haven't read Antigone and Oedipus at Colonus.

[Des Essientes]

I nominate The Satyricon by Gaius Petronius Arbiter. It shows the reader desperate people, on the fringe of society, that, save for the paederasty, seem like our contemporaries living, in the film Pulp Fiction's terminology, "The Life".

[Dark Muse]

I nominate The Aeneid by Virgil

[Scheherazade]

Nominations so far:

1. Theban Plays by Sophocles

2. The Satyricon by Gaius Petronius Arbiter

3. The Aeneid by Virgil

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

I nominate The Aeneid by Virgil

Beat me to it.

Since it's the only other book that fits the type on my bookshelf, I'll nominate Homer's Iliad.

[Dark Muse]

Beat me to it.

Since it's the only other book that fits the type on my bookshelf, I'll nominate Homer's Iliad.

Haha perfect, I myself was torn between those two. Though might make voting more difficult.

[iamnobody]

I nominate The Oresteia Trilogy by Aeschylus. Agamemnon, The Libation-Bearers and the Furies. As with the Theban plays, these are usually sold as one book.

[Calidore]

Just for fun I'm tempted to nominate the New Testament of the Bible, which was originally written in Greek. I'd like to see the various believers and non-believers actually read and discuss the words and ideas rather than the behavior of God and His followers.

Or is that just asking for trouble? In which case, never mind.

[OrphanPip]

Just for fun I'm tempted to nominate the New Testament of the Bible, which was originally written in Greek. I'd like to see the various believers and non-believers actually read and discuss the words and ideas rather than the behavior of God and His followers.

Or is that just asking for trouble? In which case, never mind.

We had a Bible as literature reading group briefly, you can give a kick at restarting it in the religious subforum. We made it through two Bible stories until it imploded from lack of participation.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

I think specific books from the Bible should be clarified. There's no way I'm reading that whole thing in a month.

[bouquin]

I nominate Homer's The Odyssey.




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[Cunninglinguist]

I'll nominate Plato's Republic. Though I'm probably going to vote for the Aeneid anyway

Just for fun I'm tempted to nominate the New Testament of the Bible, which was originally written in Greek. I'd like to see the various believers and non-believers actually read and discuss the words and ideas rather than the behavior of God and His followers.

Or is that just asking for trouble? In which case, never mind.

That's a good idea, though I would hate to read the whole thing in a month, and digesting it all in a month (especially the veracity of the historical accounts and the significances of the practices specified), let alone a few years, is quite impossible and calls for reading outside of the canon. But I would be up to partaking in a Bible lit reading group.

[Calidore]

I think specific books from the Bible should be clarified. There's no way I'm reading that whole thing in a month.

Good point (though I'm only talking about the New Testament, as the Old was written in Hebrew and Aramaic). Most of the New Testament is the Apostles' letters, which are supremely boring. So how about just the important parts--the four Gospels + Acts at the beginning, and Revelation at the end.

As far as an ongoing Bible discussion group, I don't think the interest is there, plus I have doubts about people's ability to stick to the text of the Bible when discussing religion, plus there's plenty of other religious discussion going on at any one time anyway. I was just thinking that one month in a literary context might be interesting.

However, I'd want to get a mod's permission before even making the formal nomination.

[lawpark]

I nominate ... Arrian's Indica