Phew! #coursera course completed! I did all of every reading--except the very last, Ovid, because I have been down with an awful virus this week (worse than a cold, but only lasts 5 days). The lectures got me through!
Tsubame Cool! I'm in the last books of the Odyssey and ahead of schedule, but I'm sure I'll fall behind during the holidays 😅 It's a really interesting course! 7y
Texreader Congrats!! 7y
BekahB Congratulations!!! 7y
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DreesReads @Tsubame it is an excellent course--I learned a ton. I now know enough about the heroes and gods that I want to keep reading (the Iliad, other plays by Sophocles etc, basically out of Blooms Western Canon). First I am going to finish the Aeneid (only half was assigned). Then get to Ovid, as that is also a #1001listbook --I had no idea that the Aeneid and Metomorphoses and Homer all refer to the same events to a certain extent. (1/2) 7y
DreesReads Clearly this gap in my knowledge was just as huge as I thought. Maybe the Lightning Thief will be more interesting if I reread it now? And I was a history major, yet Greek/Roman references have always landed flat for me. No longer!! (2/2) 7y
DreesReads @Texreader @BekahB thank you! I am very eager to get back to all my other reading too 😜📚📚 7y
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