reading comprehension

Dec 18, 2007 22:07

Okay. I really want to read the translation - either of the translations - of the Tain bo Cuailnge described here, but not for the same reasons the dude who reviewed it likes it. Or at least, not all of them.

First and foremost among them is the fact that -- unlike, say, the Iliad -- the characters in "The Táin" don't stand as archetypes. They're ( Read more... )

links, mouthing off about the iliad

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Academia overturned her litterbox on the weekend, but fortunately lalaithlockhart December 19 2007, 19:20:00 UTC
:D :D

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lalaithlockhart December 19 2007, 19:20:34 UTC
Also I agree about the Iliad. Hmph.

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