Since 461 days have passed since this thread (
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=80900.0) was updated, I figured I'd start a new topic.
Last summer, I read the F@gles (GH won't let me spell his name without censoring....) translations of both
The Iliad and
The Odyssey by Homer. Out of curiosity, I am currently reading the Wishbone adaptation of
The Odyssey by Joanne Mattern since it is the version I read as a kid. It is a very simplified take on the story, and it leaves out a lot of details. It is an easy read, and it's ok for a recap of the story. I've been reading it before bed as a way to increase my sleep hygiene (instead of going to bed right after being on the computer or watching TV).
I've liked
The Odyssey since I was a kid because of this book (and the Wishbone episode and videogame based on it) though I never appreciated it fully until I read an actual translation.
The Iliad was harder to understand and not as interesting. It had a good moral, but it took more analysis to grasp it, and the story relies more on other stories in Greek literature than does
The Odyssey in my opinion.
I have a bunch of other Wishbone books that I never read, so I'm wondering if I should bother reading them now or just read the actual classics they are based on at this point in my life.