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Tag: classic literature

  • How to Establish Your Fame Forever – Exemplified by Ovid

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    Wherever through the lands beneath her sway The might of Rome extends, my words shall be Upon the lips of men. If truth at all Is stablished by poetic prophecy, My fame shall live to all eternity. – Ovid, Epilogue to the Metamorphoses Well, Ovid, here I am reading your words two thousand or so…

  • Read The Iliad!

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    “Sing to me, Muse, of the wrath of Achilles…” – Homer, The Iliad I was blown away by how good The Iliad is. I’ve read classics before and wondered why they were considered classics, but I have no doubt as to why The Iliad managed to survive for thousands of years. And I’ve never been…