Isn't it only a few pages long? Also yes because a bunch of modern culture stuff still references it, similar to the bible.

Yes It's definitely better than the illiad Plus both it and the illiad are an absolute must prerequisite to understanding later classics like Ulysses

>>25650574 German version has over 300 pages.

>>25650574 The original is 12,109 lines

I didn't finish the Illyad, too boring and difficult vocabulary

>>25650585 please try to read it against and actually appreciate the versing It's a tough one I agree but after reading it it literally made me think in rhymes for some time

It's a more narrative driven story than Iliad. Iliad has the trojan horse, the gods fighting amongst each other, and bro romance. They are oral poems though. Most translations in English turn the poetry into prose. The Aeneid though. That's an epic poem where someone gets PTSD and goes mania

>>25650606 >Iliad has the trojan horse thanks for telling us that you didn't read the Iliad and that your opinion can safely be discarded

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_translations_of_Homer#Odyssey What's your favorite :D

>>25650606 The trojan horse story is told in the Odyssey

>>25650589 I heard a video about how it sounds originally in Greek and it does rhyme, but translating poetry into another language loses the meaning I feel, but I will read try finishing thanks to your advice, I downloaded with the purpose of reading it.

what is the best translation of beowulf for accuracy?

>>25650589 >appreciate the versing How can you appreciate it in translation?

>>25650578 > later classics like Ulysses

>>25650705 >How can you appreciate it in translation? have good translation, simple as

only if it is not with that dull archaic writing

no

>>25650564 there's not point reading/watching translated art. no, it's not the same. you just acting pretentious after performing a ritual, you have not actually experienced the art piece. no, plot/description of characters is not the art. so, read it if you can read original greek.

Ah, nod really it's pure shit it's just for a bunch of autisms, like history, lit...

>>25650737 i'm not at all surprised germoid has no way of judging sublime from mundane, and thus cannot process art.

A ton of media make allusions and references to classic stories like these. It isn't great by itself but you'd have a (slightly) greater understanding of literature as a whole if you read it.