June / Greece Reading Poll

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Originally Posted by motherhubbard

Would it be too dorky to nominate The Republic of Plato?

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A little but we love ya for it! ;) :D

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 Homer

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Originally Posted by Antiquarian

Will you tell us if we guess? ;)

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I promise to let you all know latest by tomorrow!

: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!! ;)

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Originally Posted by Antiquarian

Tales from a Greek Island is readily available from online, ships fast, isn't expensive, and it's a volume of short stories that will give us more insight into more contemporary Greek authors, people who write about modern day Greece. ;)

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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 ;)

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Originally Posted by manolia

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 ;)

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Holding your vote? I was waiting for your lead to vote. :lol: