I've read many books, but nothing leaves such a timeless feeling as the greeks.
the myths like Sissyphus or Pandora
the epics of the Illiad or Odyssey
even the Pelopeniasian War reads like a contemporary international war
the Republic by Plato sucks ass though
What are some good less known greek works?
Is Anabasis good?
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What's the myth of Sissyphus? Is he forced to repeatedly dress up like a women but end up looking still like a man every time?
that's the Bacchae
>The Republic by Plato sucks ass though
Based anon
Heraclitus' work is not what I would consider lesser known but is still fairly good
>the Republic by Plato sucks ass though
brainlet
the Republic is utter trash because it's entire premise relies on an afterlife justice
filtered
please go and educate yourself on Plato's use of myth and then you will see to what extent it the whole dialogue relies on its myth.
>dude you are iron so you are a blacksmith I'm gold so I rule trust me after we die you can chose something better if you follow my advice
But it's the total opposite you dunce
>the Republic by Plato sucks ass though
>the Republic is utter trash because it's entire premise relies on an afterlife justice
You're reading it wrong fren. Imagine you are hosting a party and invite socrates and he shitposts all night about this utopic society with sometimes really hard shitposts like he smears everything all over your face
>Now for divine begettings there is a period comprehended by a perfect number, and for mortal by the first in which augmentations dominating and dominated when they have attained to three distances and four limits of the assimilating and the dissimilating, the waxing and the waning, render all things conversable and commensurable [546c] with one another, whereof a basal four-thirds wedded to the pempad yields two harmonies at the third augmentation, the one the product of equal factors taken one hundred times, the other of equal length one way but oblong,-one dimension of a hundred numbers determined by the rational diameters of the pempad lacking one in each case, or of the irrational lacking two; the other dimension of a hundred cubes of the triad. And this entire geometrical number is determinative of this thing, of better and inferior births.[3]
I also need to know about Anabasis. Is is good?
He can't keep getting away with it
Fun and comfy if you like reading the Greeks. As a Turk it taught me a lot about the state of our cities in the antiquity. You might want to google names of the places or an anabasis map. Really comfy
>our cities
turks come from central asia
not what i meant moron
Anabasis is excellent. Xenophon's exploits and speeches make for a very enjoyable read. Imagine a 30 yr aristocrat trained by Socrates who is tasked with leading a mercenary company on a long and dangerous journey. Facing constant threats from various enemies, having to face mutiny attempts, make quick allies, and improvise solutions. Would recommend
>What are some good less known greek works?
>Is Anabasis good?
[silent screaming in classicist intensifies]
The Celts mog the Greeks. Read the Tain, read the Breton ballads, read of the brother's great journey on a magic boat. Read about the final defeat of the king of the world. Read the Celtic myths. You'll enjoy it. The Ulster Cycle is also awesome. Greeks are cool but it's mostly proliferation and familiarity that makes people think they are superior when in reality they are simply the most studied. After the Celts read the Norse Sagas.
You forgot the chivalric romances which are just adapted Celtic myths
Yeah I did good catch. Shame we likely lost so much of the old stories and myths. Who knows how much more there may have been. Of any culture. The South Americans alone have lost so much we don't even know the names of many of their gods. Lost knowledge irritates me.
These are all cousins, culturally and genetically. It's pretty obvious in the common themes in the stories. It's annoying when people act as if relating the British isles to ancient Greece for example is about giving the British some kind of Greek gold star seal of approval instead of just representing history correctly. There are also some common themes shared with Chinese stories for example but the differences are also more obvious. They're much more distantly related.
Read Plato's other dialogues like Symosium so you won't be filtered
Greatest sword fight in cinema history/peak kino.
How about you have a nice day instead
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