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Nominations so far:
1. Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis.
2. Captain Michalis by Nikos Kazantzakis".
3. Odyssey by Homer
4. Tales From a Greek Island by Alexandros Papadiamontis
5. The Third Wedding by Costas Taktsis
6. The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
7. Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadis
8. And Dreams Are Dreams by Vassilis Vassilikos
Helens have great poets, and not in list, is it for only novels?
Tractatus> Please read the previous posts in the thread. This question has already been dealt with. :)
Thanks, i have read; deal.
No poetry, except Odyssey. ;)
Kidding, it is important work.
no school in June so I could participate. Would it be too dorky to nominate The Republic of Plato?
A little but we love ya for it! ;) :DQuote:
Originally Posted by motherhubbard
Greek lit huh? not come across any before to be honest, apart from the ancient stuff of course. I'll be interested to see what some of the modern novels are like. Nikos Kazantzakis sounds interesting, I might well vote for one of those unless someone convinces me one of the other nominations is better.
I'm a blank slate on this one though so if anyone wants to advocate any of the books it will help me decide :D
The Illiad by Homer.
does anyone know what country is on the list for July?
*raises hand, jumping up and down*
Me, me, me!
:D
Nominations so far:
1. Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis.
2. Captain Michalis by Nikos Kazantzakis".
3. Odyssey by Homer
4. Tales From a Greek Island by Alexandros Papadiamontis
5. The Third Wedding by Costas Taktsis
6. The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
7. Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadis
8. And Dreams Are Dreams by Vassilis Vassilikos
9.The Illiad by HomerI promise to let you all know latest by tomorrow!Quote:
Originally Posted by Antiquarian
:p
Only nine books? I know we can come up with a tenth.
Some information on the books:
1. Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis .
2. Freedom and Death (Captain Michalis) by Nikos Kazantzakis".
3. Odyssey by Homer
4. Tales From a Greek Island by Alexandros Papadiamontis
5. The Third Wedding by Costas Taktsis
6. The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
7. Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadis
8. And Dreams Are Dreams by Vassilis Vassilikos
9.The Illiad by Homer
The poll will be closed on June 1st!
Go Odyssey, go! :banana:
I already voted- but I'll nominate The Histories by Herodotus for number 10. :)
I voted Illiad...sorry Nick-lol!...although I still have yet to crack open my years old Fagles' Odyssey
Pffft....modern Greeks-who ever heard of them....lol!! ;)
Hehe you know Papadiamantis isn't that modern after all ;) His books are considered classic greek literature (of course if you compare him with Sophocles he is modern all right :lol: ). I am holding my vote for the moment ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Antiquarian
Holding your vote? I was waiting for your lead to vote. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by manolia
I don't know if I can find it, but Zorba the Greek sounds interesting. I saw it as a ballet, and loved it...if I can find it somewhere here, I might vote for it :D
Hmm, I guess I may try a new translation (perhaps one written by an old poet?) for this if I am to read it. I think I've read my Fagles translation to death.
OOOhhh--you could read Alexander Pope's translation!
Or you could read the Lattimore or Fitzgerald to make translation comparisons...
LOL! I am such a nerd--I actually got excited there for you. I can't help it, though, I went to St. John's College...:D
Hehe i can't make up my mind. I have read all of them but two (the one by Vassilikos which JBI has nominated) and the Third wedding i have nominated. I have read "Z" by Vassilikos and it was great so i guess this one must be good too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
I am sure you have read Iliad and Odyssey (pleassssseeee not again :lol: done them in school read them again few years ago). The Peloponissian war..no thanks..done it in school (and since i reside in Peloponesse you can imagine how much weight my teacher put into teaching us every detail :lol: :lol: Child trauma :lol: :lol: ).
The first two books are marvelous. I am positive to join the discussion if either one is selected. Ok i am partial to Kazatzakis ;)He was a fine author and a fine thinker ;)
Papadiamantis is one of our classical authors (he was born in the 1850's) and along with Vizyinos and Rohedes are perhaps our best three classical authors. He is our "Dostoyevski" in a sense (but he wrote short stories mostly). I am not sure which stories are in that particular book but i am sure that you'll find them very interesting.
I voted for The Odyssey because that is the only book that I own, plus the only book I can manage to get a copy of, except for The Illiad. A bit unfortunate, since other Greek literature would be fun to read as well, but oh well. Stupid libraries and stores not to have the books that were nominated!
It's usually too expensive, everything is with my economy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Antiquarian
I've got Simon Armitage's verse adaptation of Homer's Odyssey - Would that count or would I have to stick with a pure translation?
If I can read the adaptation I'll probably vote Odyssey ;)
Can more people vote for Zorba the Greek, please? I've already read the Odyssey too many times. ;)
I'll quite possibly vote for Zorba the Greek, I'm keen to read it, but I haven't read Odyssey either..
I'll wait and see how the voting goes.
Well, now that Mnaolia has voted for Zorba, I may too. But I was wondering what Antiquarian was going to vote for. Problem is if we all split our votes then Oddyssy will win.
edit: Why is it so slow to post on lit net these days?
Sorry folks, I've made up my mind - Odyssey. As I have both the translation and adaptation to hand and none of the other books, it would be silly for me to vote for anything else really.
I have the translation of Odyssey, but I'm a bit intimidated lol. I wanted to vote for Zorba but I can't seem to find the book. Maybe I'll just wait and see how the poll will end. If it's Odyssey then I might join in.
So many people are saying that they would like to read the Zorba but it has got only two votes... Why's that?
Come on peeps, let's get voting!
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