Books

May 17, 2005 12:55

1. Total number of books owned: I have lost many. Current guess: 300-ish ( Read more... )

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agreatnotion May 17 2005, 23:11:21 UTC
BOOKLOVER!

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eugenegant May 17 2005, 23:16:39 UTC
yes. definitely.

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android1961 June 22 2005, 15:29:15 UTC
I love The Aeneid. I just read it again a few months ago.

We have the original Dryden translation here.

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eugenegant June 22 2005, 16:06:00 UTC
Thanks for that link! My classics teacher was always a stickler for specific translations . . . maintaining that if the trans. didn't come close to the meter and rhyme of the originals, that the best part of the story was lost. He used to read Homer's stuff to us in the original Greek and it was pretty amazing . . . musical oratory the way it was intended to be experienced (even if I didn't understand it).

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